ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2024
Exploring the bias: how skin color influences oxygen saturation readings via Monte Carlo simulations.
Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Performance validation of a new finger-root-adapted ring-shaped oximeter sensor during stepwise steady-state inspired hypoxia.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2026Article
- Modelling Skin Pigmentation Using the Monte Carlo Technique: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Optical phantoms for the characterization and validation of imaging and spectroscopy: a review.Biophotonics discovery · 2026Review
- Effect of skin color and other skin properties on the delivered light dose in phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.Biophotonics discovery · 2025Article
- Analysis of the Effect of Skin Pigmentation and Oxygen Saturation on Monte Carlo-Simulated Reflectance Photoplethysmography Signals.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pulse Oximetry: 50 Years of Inventions & Discoveries in Biomedical Optics.Journal of biomedical optics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Significance: Our goal is to understand the root cause of reported oxygen saturation ( Aim: We aim to gain theoretical insights into the effect of skin tone on Approach: A finger tissue model, comprising the epidermis, dermis, two arteries, and a bone, was developed using a Monte Carlo-based approach in the MCmatlab software. Two skin tones-light and dark-were simulated by adjusting the absorption and scattering properties within the epidermal layer. Following this, Results: In transmission mode, Conclusions: Monte Carlo simulations have demonstrated that different light pathlengths within the tissue contribute to the overestimation of
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