Develop Portable Near Infrared Technology fo Detection of Pulmonary Function Following Blast Injury

Genex Technologies, Inc (Genex) in collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) proposes herein an innovative and practical NIRS System for the detection of traumatic lung injuries for use in remote locations, such as the far forward military medical care facilities. Genex and Walter Reed propose bringing the following two key technologies together to achieve this objective: 1. NIRS system design and prototype (Genex) 2. TLI modeling, NIRS testing, and validation (WRAIR). Genex has developed an integrated miniature (2" by 2" form factor) electronic engine dubbed the Smart Optical Sensor (SOS) that offers real-time sensor control/synchronization, data acquisition, and signal/image processing (Figure 2). By customizing SOS for the NIRS applications, we will be able to build a portable NIRS based instrument. Genex's 3D Rainbow camera, providing 3D boundary conditions, is already used in diffuse optical tomography (DOT) applications for breast and lung related NIR imaging applications.