13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering pp 1136-1139 | Cite as
Study to Promote the Treatment Efficiency for Neonatal Jaundice by Simulation
Abstract
In this paper, we promote effectiveness, by using light simulation software, which we are able to simulate the propagation of the light, and we design a baby dummy (which it’s sizes are close to a real baby), where we can measure the effectiveness of the light over the skin surface.
With this method we show the results of an actual device and also propose a new design to use as an example for improving the effectiveness. Using this software we can get better results and hoping developers use this method for exchanging the phototherapy device performance, which babies patients are the ones who have the benefits.
Keywords
Jaundice Bilirubin Phototherapy Simulation software Device performancePreview
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