Monte Carlo simulation of the effect of melanin concentration on light–tissue interactions for transmittance pulse oximetry measurement

Abstract

This study underpins the careful re-assessment of pulse oximeter designs to minimize bias in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>SpO</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> measurements across diverse populations.