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ArticleJournal of diabetes science and technology2018

Noninvasive Monitoring of Blood Glucose Using Color-Coded Photoplethysmographic Images of the Illuminated Fingertip Within the Visible and Near-Infrared Range: Opportunities and Questions.

Thorsten Vahlsing, Sven Delbeck, Steffen Leonhardt, H Michael Heise

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Article in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thorsten Vahlsing1 Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Acoustic and Electromagnetic Methods, Berlin, Germany.
Sven Delbeck3 Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences, South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Iserlohn, Germany.
Steffen Leonhardt2 Chair for Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
H Michael Heise3 Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences, South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Iserlohn, Germany.
South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences · DEFederal Institute For Materials Research and Testing · DERWTH Aachen University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noninvasive blood glucose assays have been promised for many years and various molecular spectroscopy-based methods of skin are candidates for achieving this goal. Due to the small spectral signatures of the glucose used for direct physical detection, moreover hidden among a largely variable background, broad spectral intervals are usually required to provide the mandatory analytical selectivity, but no such device has so far reached the accuracy that is required for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). A recently presented device as described in this journal, based on photoplethysmographic fingertip images for measuring glucose in a nonspecific indirect manner, is especially evaluated for providing reliable blood glucose concentration predictions.

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Equipment and SuppliesPhotoplethysmographyBiosensing TechniquesBlood GlucoseBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringCalibrationColorEquipment DesignFingersHumansInfrared RaysLightLightingReproducibility of ResultsSkinSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredBlood Glucosecolor sensingnoninvasive glucose sensingplethysmographic skin imagingskin tissue spectroscopyvisible/near-infrared spectroscopy

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PMID30222001
PMCPMC6232738
OpenAlexW2891502073

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