Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Biosensors (Basel). 2024 Aug 8;14(8):384. doi: 10.3390/bios14080384.
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is a non-invasive technology for the evaluation of blood perfusion in deep tissue. However, it requires high computational resources for data analysis, which poses challenges in its implementation for real-time applications. To address the unmet need, we developed a novel device-on-chip solution that fully integrates all the necessary computational components needed for DCS. It takes the output of a photon detector and determines the blood flow index (BFI). It is implemented on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip including a multi-tau correlator for the calculation of the temporal light intensity autocorrelation function and a DCS analyzer to perform the curve fitting operation that derives the BFI at a rate of 6000 BFIs/s. The FPGA DCS system was evaluated against a lab-standard DCS system for both phantom and cuff ischemia studies. The results indicate that the autocorrelation of the light correlation and BFI from both the FPGA DCS and the reference DCS matched well. Furthermore, the FPGA DCS system was able to achieve a measurement rate of 50 Hz and resolve pulsatile blood flow. This can significantly lower the cost and footprint of the computational components of DCS and pave the way for portable, real-time DCS systems.
漫射相关光谱学(DCS)是一种用于评估深层组织血液灌注的非侵入性技术。然而,它需要大量的计算资源来进行数据分析,这在实时应用中实施时带来了挑战。为了解决这一未满足的需求,我们开发了一种新型的片上器件解决方案,它完全集成了 DCS 所需的所有必要计算组件。它接收光子探测器的输出,并确定血流指数(BFI)。它在现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)芯片上实现,包括用于计算时间强度光自相关函数的多τ相关器和 DCS 分析仪,以 6000 BFI/s 的速率执行曲线拟合操作,得出 BFI。该 FPGA DCS 系统在用于体模和袖带缺血研究的实验室标准 DCS 系统上进行了评估。结果表明,FPGA DCS 和参考 DCS 的光相关和 BFI 的自相关吻合得很好。此外,FPGA DCS 系统能够实现 50 Hz 的测量率并解析脉动血流。这可以显著降低 DCS 的计算组件的成本和占用空间,为便携式、实时 DCS 系统铺平道路。