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ArticleBiomedical optics express2014

Noninvasive in vivo glucose sensing on human subjects using mid-infrared light.

Sabbir Liakat, Kevin A Bors, Laura Xu, Callie M Woods, Jessica Doyle, Claire F Gmachl

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sabbir LiakatDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Kevin A BorsDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Laura XuDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Callie M WoodsDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Jessica DoyleDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; Permanent Address: Hunterdon Regional Central High School, Flemington, NJ 08822, USA.
Claire F GmachlDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mid-infrared quantum cascade laser spectroscopy is used to noninvasively predict blood glucose concentrations of three healthy human subjects in vivo. We utilize a hollow-core fiber based optical setup for light delivery and collection along with a broadly tunable quantum cascade laser to obtain spectra from human subjects and use standard chemo-metric techniques (namely partial least squares regression) for prediction analysis. Throughout a glucose concentration range of 80-160 mg/dL, we achieve clinically accurate predictions 84% of the time, on average. This work opens a new path to a noninvasive in vivo glucose sensor that would benefit the lives of hundreds of millions of diabetics worldwide.

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(140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade(170.1470) Blood or tissue constituent monitoring(300.6340) Spectroscopy, infrared

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PMID25071973
PMCPMC4102373

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