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Anesthesia Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

The Anesthesia Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (ABEL) has a broad mission: to bring state-of-the-art technology to research, education, and clinical services in anesthesiology. Research conducted by ABEL emphasizes problems unique to anesthesia. Our goal is both the improvement of the current state of anesthesia equipment technology and the development of new approaches to anesthesia delivery and patient monitoring. Some of the projects ABEL has worked on include:

  • Investigation of new end-tidal gas analysis techniques.
    Sophisticated approaches to EEG signal processing and analysis.
  • Use of innovative monitoring modalieties for determining depth of anesthesia.
  • Monitor alarm and display integration.
    "Smart Alarm" development.
  • Use of Artificial Intelligence techniques for physiologic data analysis.
  • Use of Artificial Neural Networks for data analysis and pattern recognition.

Educational opportunities are devised for engineering, medical and pharmacology faculty, staff and students. Multidisciplinary projects within AHSC include seminars, lectures and conferences for staff physicians, residents, nurses, medical students and technicians. Engineers receive a unique practical experience in the clinical environments of anesthesia as found in the operating room, wards and intensive care areas. The real, urgent problems encountered by the students are conducive to original, innovative design efforts.