Prototype design for wearable veins localization system using near infrared imaging technique

Meng, Goh Chuan; Shahzad, Aamir; Saad, Mohamad Naufal Mohamad; Malik, Aamir Saeed; Mériaudeau, Fabrice

doi:10.1109/cspa.2015.7225628

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“…In the electromagnetic spectrum’s range of 740 nm to 940 nm, the light can penetrate to about 5 mm deep of the skin tissue reaching the deoxygenated hemoglobin. The vein with the deoxygenated hemoglobin forms a dark contrast to the skin tissue due to the higher light absorption coefficient and lower backscatter light coefficient [48].…”

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“…It is worth mentioning that regarding the device with 15–20 cm distance above the site: The allowable distance was set to ensure the needed space in performing a vein puncture in Kimori et al, 2015 [46] and the prototype by Meng, G. et al, 2015 [48] with a head wearable model. While, there was direct skin contact noted in some of the developed prototypes, the vein finder was introduced with the same purpose as a tourniquet, which is used to help locate the vein.…”

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Vein Pattern Locating Technology for Cannulation: A Review of the Low-Cost Vein Finder Prototypes Utilizing near Infrared (NIR) Light to Improve Peripheral Subcutaneous Vein Selection for Phlebotomy

Pan

Francisco

Yen

et al. 2019

Sensors

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One of the most common means for diagnosis is through medical laboratory testing, which primarily uses venous blood as a sample. This requires an invasive method by cannulation that needs proper vein selection. The use of a vein finder would help the phlebotomist to easily locate the vein, preventing possible pre-analytical error in the specimen collection and even more discomfort and pain to the patient. This paper is a review of the scientific publications on the different developed low-cost vein finder prototypes utilizing camera assisted near infrared (NIR) light technology. Methods: Electronic databases were searched online, these included PubMed (PMC), MEDLINE, Science Direct, ResearchGate, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore digital library. Specifically, publications with the terms vein finder prototype, NIR technology, vein detection, and infrared imaging were screened. In addition, reference lists were used to further review related publications. Results: Cannulation challenges medical practitioners because of the different factors that can be reduced by the utilization of a vein finder. A limited number of publications regarding the assessment of personnel performing cannulation were observed. Moreover, variations in methodology, number of patients, type of patients according to their demographics and materials used in the assessment of the developed prototypes were noted. Some studies were limited with regard to the actual human testing of the prototype. Conclusions: The development of a low-cost effective near infrared (NIR) vein finder remains in the phase of improvement. Since, it is being challenged by different human factors, increasing the number of parameters and participants/human for actual testing of the prototypes must also be taken into consideration for possible commercialization. Finally, it was noted that publications regarding the assessment of the performance of phlebotomists using vein finders were limited.

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Vein Pattern Locating Technology for Cannulation: A Review of the Low-Cost Vein Finder Prototypes Utilizing near Infrared (NIR) Light to Improve Peripheral Subcutaneous Vein Selection for Phlebotomy

Pan

Francisco

Yen

et al. 2019

Sensors

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“…Its misrecognition rate was only 0.0001%, far below the 0.001% of the fingerprint and 1.3% of the face. Although fingerprint recognition technology and face recognition are developing rapidly, there are some flaws [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12].…”

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The Advent of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)-MEMS within the Medical System

Liou¹

2019

Telehealth

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Medical healthcare has become one of the fastest growing and largest industries in the world. More and more people are aware of the precious and important life. At the same time, personal disposable income increases and awareness of disease prevention increases. It allows the healthcare industry to maintain high growth rates. Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) is one of the most revolutionary semiconductor components. The advent of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)-MEMS has created a new era for the healthcare industry. The medical Micro LED detects the blood vessel position with the emission light source and repositions the blood flow state of the blood vessel. Micro LED mainly uses the MEMS microfabrication technology to micronize, array, and thin film the traditional LED crystal film. This article will explore how to use MEMS wafers to redefine the needs of the healthcare market and open up new growth opportunities for healthcare applications. With the shift from first-hand medical devices from the hospital business to personal use, miniaturization, economics, reliability and battery life have become new demands in the healthcare market.

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“…Far-infrared (FIR) captures the tissue having a higher temperature than the adjacent 130 tissue in the surface and Near-infrared (NIR) captures the blood venous engrosses maximum of the infrared radiation than the adjacent tissue. Moreover, the NIR and FIR both cameras captured the light beyond the view of humans and the range of NIR illumination is around 740 nanometers to 940 nanometers and is capable to infiltrate 5mm subterranean into the skin tissue [7], [8].…”

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“…Vein Viewer and CMOS camera and XBee pair with IR illuminator is a line of product which gives the practitioner a real-time image projected in on the patient arm and it uses the principle that infrared light is absorbed by the blood more than the surrounding tissue [3], [7]. However one of the most difficult issues in vein shape distinguishing proof by utilizing sensor combination between the devices [9].…”

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A Real Time Vein Detection System

Ahmed

Habaebi

Islam

2018

IJEECS

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<p>Blood veins detection process can be cumbersome for nurses and medical practioners when it comes to special overweight type of patients.This simple routine procedure can lead the process into an extreme calamity for these patients. In this paper, we emphasized on a process for the detection of the vein in real time using the consecrations of Matlab to prevent or at least reduce the number of inescapable calamity for patients during the infusion of a needle by phlebotomy or doctor in everyday lives. Hemoglobin of the blood tissues engrossed the Near Infrared (NIR) illuminated light and Night vision camera is used to capture the scene and enhance the vein pattern clearly using Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) method. This simple approach can successfully also lead to localizing bleeding spots, clots from stroke …etc among other things.</p>

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Prototype design for wearable veins localization system using near infrared imaging technique

Cited by 26 publications

References 5 publications

Vein Pattern Locating Technology for Cannulation: A Review of the Low-Cost Vein Finder Prototypes Utilizing near Infrared (NIR) Light to Improve Peripheral Subcutaneous Vein Selection for Phlebotomy

Vein Pattern Locating Technology for Cannulation: A Review of the Low-Cost Vein Finder Prototypes Utilizing near Infrared (NIR) Light to Improve Peripheral Subcutaneous Vein Selection for Phlebotomy

The Advent of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)-MEMS within the Medical System

A Real Time Vein Detection System

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