A "pulse oximeter" operates by using light and a photocell to measure oxygen saturation in arterial blood. The transmission of light energy as it passes through a solution of light-absorbing molecules is described by the Beer-Lambert law - I,10-eCL lo910 -ECL, or which gives the decrease in intensity I in terms of the distance L the light has traveled through a fluid with a concentration C of the light-absorbing molecule. The quantity ɛ is called the extinction coefficient, and its value depends on the frequency of the light. (It has units of m2/mol.) Assume the extinction coefficient for 660-nm light passing through a solution of oxygenated hemoglobin is identical to the coefficient for 940-nm light passing through deoxygenated hemoglobin. Also assume that 940-nm light has zero absorption (ɛ = 0) in oxygenated hemoglobin and 660-nm light has zero absorption in deoxygenated hemoglobin. If 34.6% of the energy of the red source and 72.5% of the infrared energy is transmitted through the blood, what is the fraction of hemoglobin that is oxygenated?

A "pulse oximeter" operates by using light and a photocell to measure oxygen saturation in arterial blood. The transmission of light energy as it passes through a solution of light-absorbing molecules is described by the Beer-Lambert law - I,10-eCL lo910 -ECL, or which gives the decrease in intensity I in terms of the distance L the light has traveled through a fluid with a concentration C of the light-absorbing molecule. The quantity ɛ is called the extinction coefficient, and its value depends on the frequency of the light. (It has units of m2/mol.) Assume the extinction coefficient for 660-nm light passing through a solution of oxygenated hemoglobin is identical to the coefficient for 940-nm light passing through deoxygenated hemoglobin. Also assume that 940-nm light has zero absorption (ɛ = 0) in oxygenated hemoglobin and 660-nm light has zero absorption in deoxygenated hemoglobin. If 34.6% of the energy of the red source and 72.5% of the infrared energy is transmitted through the blood, what is the fraction of hemoglobin that is oxygenated?

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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