US 11,992,297 B2
Monitoring method of heart rate for toxicity test using high-speed digital holography
Ik Hwan Kwon, Gimpo-si (KR); Tae Geol Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Sang Won Lee, Sejong-si (KR)
Assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,686.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0012385 (KR), filed on Feb. 3, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0144571 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251183 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/03 (2006.01); A01K 61/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61D 3/00 (2006.01); G03H 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/024 (2013.01) [A01K 1/031 (2013.01); A01K 61/00 (2013.01); A61D 3/00 (2013.01); G03H 1/0443 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A method of evaluating an individual response by real time measurement of a heart rate of an aquatic organism which is a method of evaluating an individual response using digital holography, the method comprising:
(a) disposing the aquatic organism between a lower fixing unit fixed to a lower end inside a chamber and an upper fixing unit which is spaced apart from the lower fixing unit and is movable in a direction of the lower fixing unit or in an opposite direction thereof so that the aquatic organism is immersed in a culture fluid to which a compound for inducing an individual response is added, adhering the upper fixing unit to the aquatic organism to measure a height of the aquatic organism, and then adjusting a position of the upper fixing unit to fix the aquatic organism;
(b) continuously measuring a digital hologram for the aquatic organism; and
(c) restoring the digital hologram obtained by the measurement to calculate a heart rate change, and determining therefrom whether the individual response is caused by the compound for inducing an individual response,
wherein an algorithm for restoration further includes displaying a 2D-time-resolved relative phase map in real time and storing the heart rate at the same time, and
wherein the heart rate is obtained by an analysis method including:
a) selecting pixels corresponding to a heart area in a secured digital hologram;
b) applying a Fourier spectrum method to each refreshing interval;
c) searching a most frequent heart rate in each refreshing interval; and
d) calculating a heart rate per minute from the most frequent heart rate.