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Editorial
. 2024 Jun;29(Suppl 3):S33301.
doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.29.S3.S33301. Epub 2025 Jan 7.

Pulse Oximetry: 50 Years of Inventions & Discoveries in Biomedical Optics

Jana M Kainerstorfer  1 , Kenneth Tichauer  2 , Arjun G Yodh  3 , Ton van Leeuwen  4 , Brian Pogue  5
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Editorial

Pulse Oximetry: 50 Years of Inventions & Discoveries in Biomedical Optics

Jana M Kainerstorfer et al. J Biomed Opt. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

The editorial introduces the JBO Special Issue on Pulse Oximetry.

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