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- who: V. Quaresima from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the research: Skin pigmentation bias in regional brain oximetry measurements?, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
SUMMARY
With darker skin tones have significantly larger and more concentrated melanosomes that increase the absorption cross section of melanin resulting in enhanced light absorption. Any medical equipment that leverages nearinfrared light interacting with the skin should not show discordance in its performance across people with different skin tones. The authors think the problem with pulse oximeters is also relevant for other type of noninvasive optical oximeters. NIRS-based cerebral oximeters . . .
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