Brown Student Working to Correct Skin Color Bias in Pulse Oximeters
April 08, 2022
April 08, 2022
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
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Pulse oximeters often provide inaccurate readings for people with darker skin, a significant health disparity that physics Ph.D. student Rutendo Jakachira is working to eliminate.
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Pulse oximeters provide a quick, non-invasive way to check someone's pulmonary health, using light shown through the skin to estimate the amount of oxyge . . .
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Pulse oximeters often provide inaccurate readings for people with darker skin, a significant health disparity that physics Ph.D. student Rutendo Jakachira is working to eliminate.
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Pulse oximeters provide a quick, non-invasive way to check someone's pulmonary health, using light shown through the skin to estimate the amount of oxyge . . .