Design of an x-ray / ventilator synchronization system in an integrated clinical environment

David Arney; Kunal Bhatia; Sanchit Bhatia; Michael Sutton; Tracy Rausch; Joel Karlinsky; Julian M Goldman

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092023

Design of an x-ray / ventilator synchronization system in an integrated clinical environment

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011:2011:8203-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092023.

Authors

David Arney¹, Kunal Bhatia, Sanchit Bhatia, Michael Sutton, Tracy Rausch, Joel Karlinsky, Julian M Goldman

Affiliation

¹ Systems Engineer with the Medical Device Plug and Play program of CIMIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. dave@mdpnp.org

PMID: 22256246
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092023

Abstract

Patients in an ICU may receive daily chest x-rays. These x-rays are taken manually and may be at different phases of respiration, which limits their clinical usefulness. We examine design issues around automatically synchronizing an x-ray and ventilator in an interoperable manner, including requirements on the individual devices and new safety hazards introduced by connecting them into a system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Equipment Design
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Intensive Care Units*
User-Computer Interface
Ventilators, Mechanical*
X-Rays