• DocumentCode
    1968558
  • Title

    Diagnostics of human gas cavities with diode laser absorption spectroscopy

  • Author

    Lewander, Märta ; Svensson, Tomas ; Bruzelius, Anders ; Lindberg, Sven ; Siemund, Roger ; Svanberg, Katarina ; Svanberg, Sune

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    8-12 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    475
  • Lastpage
    476
  • Abstract
    Noninvasive sensing of gas in human cavities with diode laser absorption spectroscopy is possible although the light is heavily absorbed and scattered by the tissue. We present data from the human paranasal sinuses and mastoid bone as well as monitoring of gas in lung tissue.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biomedical measurement; bone; gas sensors; infrared spectroscopy; laser applications in medicine; light absorption; light scattering; lung; semiconductor lasers; diode laser absorption spectroscopy; human cavity gas noninvasive sensing; human gas cavity diagnostics; human paranasal sinuses; lung tissue gas monitoring; mastoid bone; tissue light absorption; tissue light scattering; Absorption; Bones; Cavity resonators; Lungs; Monitoring; Spectroscopy; Water;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7111-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACP.2010.5682585
  • Filename
    5682585