Prototype device may diagnose common pregnancy complications by monitoring placental oxygen (IMAGE)

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Prototype device may diagnose common pregnancy complications by monitoring placental oxygen

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The prototype oxygen sensor next to a diagram of a fetus with forward-facing placenta.

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Thien Nguyen, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Section on Translational Biophotonics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

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