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Blood glucose monitoring in human subjects using optical coherence tomography

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The utility of optical coherence tomography signal amplitude for the measurement of glucose concentration has been analyzed in tissue phantom and in blood samples from human subjects. The diffusion equation based calculations as well as in-vivo OCT signal measurements confirm a cyclic correlation of signal intensity with glucose concentration and scatterer size.

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The authors thank Professor P. K. Sen for fruitful discussions. The financial support received from UGC, New Delhi and MPCST, Bhopal are acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, 452 003, India

    Jitendra Solanki & Joseph Thomas Andrews

  2. Laser Bhawan, School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452 007, India

    Pratima Sen

  3. KK Pathology Lab., Chanakya Complex, Malwa Mill Chourah, Indore, 452 003, India

    Kamal Kishore Thareja

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Solanki, J., Sen, P., Andrews, J.T. et al. Blood glucose monitoring in human subjects using optical coherence tomography. J Opt 41, 127–133 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-012-0067-z

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