Intelligent neonatal monitoring based on a virtual thermal sensor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Temperature measurement is a vital part of daily neonatal care. Accurate measurements are important for detecting deviations from normal values for both optimal incubator and radiant warmer functioning. The purpose of monitoring the temperature is to maintain the infant in a thermoneutral environmental zone. This physiological zone is defined as the narrow range of environmental temperatures in which the infant maintains a normal body temperature without increasing his or her metabolic rate and thus oxygen consumption. Although the temperature measurement gold standard is the skin electrode, infrared thermography (IRT) should be considered as an effortless and reliable tool for measuring and mapping human skin temperature distribution and assist in assessing thermoregula

SUBMITTER: Abbas AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015601 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature