Glucose concentration measuring method and apparatus

Details Glucose concentration measuring method and apparatus Glucose concentration measuring method and apparatus

1998-08-24

1999-10-05

Winakur, Eric F.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring or detecting nonradioactive constituent of body...

A61B 500

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059614498

ABSTRACT:
A low coherence light beam is irradiated to the eyeball. A backward scattered light beam, which is reflected from each depth position in the eyeball, and a reference light beam, which is reflected from a mirror capable of moving, are caused to interfere with each other. A first backward scattered light beam, which comes from the interface between the cornea and the anterior aqueous chamber, and a second backward scattered light beam, which comes from the interface between the anterior aqueous chamber and the crystalline lens, are thus separated accurately from each other. An optical absorbance of the anterior aqueous chamber (the aqueous humor) is calculated from the intensities of the two backward scattered light beams. Each of a plurality of low coherence light beams having different wavelengths is irradiated to the eyeball, and the aforesaid operation is repeated. The concentration of glucose in the aqueous humor is measured by utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy. The measurement is thus achieved non-invasively and accurately.

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