Transabdominal Fetal Oximetry via Diffuse Optics: Principled Analysis and Demonstration in Pregnant Ovine Models
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| author | Qian, Weitai Joarder, Rishad Raiyan Fowler, Randall Kasap, Begum Saffarpour, Mahya Vali, Kourosh Lihe, Tailai Wang, Aijun Farmer, Diana Ghiasi, Soheil |
| author_facet | Qian, Weitai Joarder, Rishad Raiyan Fowler, Randall Kasap, Begum Saffarpour, Mahya Vali, Kourosh Lihe, Tailai Wang, Aijun Farmer, Diana Ghiasi, Soheil |
| contents | Diffuse optics has the potential to offer a substantial advancement in fetal health monitoring via enabling continuous measurement of fetal blood oxygen saturation (fSpO$_2$). Aiming to enhance the sensing accuracy and to elucidate the foundational limits of Transabdominal Fetal Oximetry (TFO) via diffuse optics, we introduce a theoretical derivation, and a comprehensive pipeline for fSpO$_2$ estimation from non-invasively sensed diffuse light intensity values, which are leveraged to analyze datasets obtained through both simulations and in-vivo experiments in gold standard large animal model of pregnancy. We propose the Exponential Pulsation Ratio (EPR) as a key feature, and develop machine-learning models to fuse the information collected across multiple detectors. Our proposed method demonstrates a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 4.81% and 6.85% with a Pearson's r correlation of 0.81 (p<0.001) and 0.71 (p<0.001) for estimation of fSpO$_2$ in simulated dataset and in-vivo dataset, respectively. Across both datasets, our method outperforms the existing approaches, enhancing the accuracy of the fSpO$_2$ estimation and demonstrates its viability as a supplemental technology for intrapartum fetal monitoring. |
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| spellingShingle | Transabdominal Fetal Oximetry via Diffuse Optics: Principled Analysis and Demonstration in Pregnant Ovine Models Qian, Weitai Joarder, Rishad Raiyan Fowler, Randall Kasap, Begum Saffarpour, Mahya Vali, Kourosh Lihe, Tailai Wang, Aijun Farmer, Diana Ghiasi, Soheil Image and Video Processing Signal Processing Quantitative Methods Diffuse optics has the potential to offer a substantial advancement in fetal health monitoring via enabling continuous measurement of fetal blood oxygen saturation (fSpO$_2$). Aiming to enhance the sensing accuracy and to elucidate the foundational limits of Transabdominal Fetal Oximetry (TFO) via diffuse optics, we introduce a theoretical derivation, and a comprehensive pipeline for fSpO$_2$ estimation from non-invasively sensed diffuse light intensity values, which are leveraged to analyze datasets obtained through both simulations and in-vivo experiments in gold standard large animal model of pregnancy. We propose the Exponential Pulsation Ratio (EPR) as a key feature, and develop machine-learning models to fuse the information collected across multiple detectors. Our proposed method demonstrates a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 4.81% and 6.85% with a Pearson's r correlation of 0.81 (p<0.001) and 0.71 (p<0.001) for estimation of fSpO$_2$ in simulated dataset and in-vivo dataset, respectively. Across both datasets, our method outperforms the existing approaches, enhancing the accuracy of the fSpO$_2$ estimation and demonstrates its viability as a supplemental technology for intrapartum fetal monitoring. |
| title | Transabdominal Fetal Oximetry via Diffuse Optics: Principled Analysis and Demonstration in Pregnant Ovine Models |
| topic | Image and Video Processing Signal Processing Quantitative Methods |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21594 |