Blood glucose measurement in vivo using hollow-fiber based, mid-infrared ATR probe with multi-reflection prism

Saiko Kino, Suguru Omori, Yuji Matsuura

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Abstract

An attenuated-total-reflection (ATR), mid-infrared spectroscopy system that consists of hollow optical fibers, a trapezoidal multi-reflection ATR prism, and a conventional FT-IR spectrometer has been developed to measure blood glucose levels. Owing to the low transmission loss and high flexibility of the hollow-optical fiber, the system can measure any sites of the human body where blood capillaries are close to the surface of mucosa, such as inner lips. Using a multi-reflection prism brought about higher sensitivity, and the flat and wide contact surface of the prism resulted in higher measurement reproducibility. The results of in-vivo measurement of human inner lips showed the feasibility of the proposed system, and the measurement errors were within 20%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI
EditorsIsrael Gannot
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628419368
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventOptical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2016 Feb 132016 Feb 14

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume9702
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOptical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period16/2/1316/2/14

Keywords

  • Blood glucose measurement
  • hollow optical fibers
  • infrared spectroscopy

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