Endotracheal tube position confirmation system using neural networks

  • Dror Lederman

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Abstract

Endotracheal intubation is a complex medical procedure in which a ventilating tube is inserted into the human trachea. Improper positioning carries potentially fatal consequences and therefore confirmation of correct positioning is mandatory. In this paper we report the results of using a neural networkbased image classification system for endotracheal tube position confirmation. The proposed system comprises a miniature complementary metal oxide silicon sensor (CMOS) attached to the tip of a semi rigid stylet and connected to a digital signal processor (DSP) with an integrated video acquisition component. Video signals are acquired and processed by a confirmation algorithm implemented on the processor. The performance of the proposed algorithm was evaluated using two datasets: a dataset of 250 images of the upper airways. The results, obtained using a leave-one-case-out method, show that the system correctly classified 240 out of 250 (96. 0%).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering Applications of Neural Networks - 16th International Conference, EANN 2015, Proceedings
EditorsLazaros Iliadis, Chrisina Jayne
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages80-85
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783319239811
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, EANN 2015 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: 25 Sep 201528 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume517
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, EANN 2015
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period25/09/1528/09/15

Keywords

  • Endotracheal intubation confirmation
  • Esophageal intubation detection
  • Medical image classification
  • One-lung intubation detection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

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