Myllylä, Teemu, Vihriälä, Erkki, Pedone, Matteo, Korhonen, Vesa, Surazynski, Lukasz, Wróbel, Maciej, Zienkiewicz, Aleksandra, Hakala, Jaakko, Sorvoja, Hannu, Lauri, Janne, Fabritius, Tapio, Jȩdrzejewska-Szczerska, Małgorzata, Kiviniemi, Vesa and Meglinski, Igor (2017). Prototype of an opto-capacitive probe for non-invasive sensing cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 10063 ,
Abstract
In brain studies, the function of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) awakes growing interest, particularly related to studies of the glymphatic system in the brain, which is connected with the complex system of lymphatic vessels responsible for cleaning the tissues. The CSF is a clear, colourless liquid including water (H2O) approximately with a concentration of 99 %. In addition, it contains electrolytes, amino acids, glucose, and other small molecules found in plasma. The CSF acts as a cushion behind the skull, providing basic mechanical as well as immunological protection to the brain. Disturbances of the CSF circulation have been linked to several brain related medical disorders, such as dementia. Our goal is to develop an in vivo method for the non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow and CSF circulation by exploiting optical and capacitive sensing techniques simultaneously. We introduce a prototype of a wearable probe that is aimed to be used for long-term brain monitoring purposes, especially focusing on studies of the glymphatic system. In this method, changes in cerebral blood flow, particularly oxy- and deoxyhaemoglobin, are measured simultaneously and analysed with the response gathered by the capacitive sensor in order to distinct the dynamics of the CSF circulation behind the skull. Presented prototype probe is tested by measuring liquid flows inside phantoms mimicking the CSF circulation.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2251977 |
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Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design College of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
Funding Information: | This study was partially funded by European Regional Development Fund, coordinated by Centre for Health and Technology, Oulu, Finland; and by Academy of Finland & JAES-grants. M.S. W. and M. J-Sz acknowledge the support of the National Science Center, Pol |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | brain,capacitive sensing,cerebrospinal fluid,optical methods,opto-capacitive probe,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Biomaterials,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging |
Publication ISSN: | 1996-756X |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 08:30 |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2019 12:06 |
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Published Date: | 2017-03-03 |
Accepted Date: | 2017-01-01 |
Authors: |
Myllylä, Teemu
Vihriälä, Erkki Pedone, Matteo Korhonen, Vesa Surazynski, Lukasz Wróbel, Maciej Zienkiewicz, Aleksandra Hakala, Jaakko Sorvoja, Hannu Lauri, Janne Fabritius, Tapio Jȩdrzejewska-Szczerska, Małgorzata Kiviniemi, Vesa Meglinski, Igor ( ![]() |