Aqueous glucose measurement using differential absorption-based frequency domain optical coherence tomography at wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1625 nm

Pauline John; Murali Manoj; N. Sujatha; Nilesh J. Vasa; Suresh R. Rao

doi:10.1117/12.2183830

15 July 2015 Aqueous glucose measurement using differential absorption-based frequency domain optical coherence tomography at wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1625 nm

Pauline John, Murali Manoj, N. Sujatha, Nilesh J. Vasa, Suresh R. Rao

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Proceedings Volume 9537, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging IV; 953711 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2183830
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2015, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This work presents a combination of differential absorption technique and frequency domain optical coherence tomography for detection of glucose, which is an important analyte in medical diagnosis of diabetes. Differential absorption technique is used to detect glucose selectively in the presence of interfering species especially water and frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) helps to obtain faster acquisition of depth information. Two broadband super-luminescent diode (SLED) sources with centre wavelengths 1586 nm (wavelength range of 1540 to 1640 nm) and 1312 nm (wavelength range of 1240 to 1380 nm) and a spectral width of ≈ 60 nm (FWHM) are used. Preliminary studies on absorption spectroscopy using various concentrations of aqueous glucose solution gave promising results to distinguish the absorption characteristics of glucose at two wavelengths 1310 nm (outside the absorption band of glucose) and 1625 nm (within the absorption band of glucose). In order to mimic the optical properties of biological skin tissue, 2% and 10% of 20% intralipid with various concentrations of glucose (0 to 4000 mg/dL) was prepared and used as sample. Using OCT technique, interference spectra were obtained using an optical spectrum analyzer with a resolution of 0.5 nm. Further processing of the interference spectra provided information on reflections from the surfaces of the cuvette containing the aqueous glucose sample. Due to the absorption of glucose in the wavelength range of 1540 nm to 1640 nm, a trend of reduction in the intensity of the back reflected light was observed with increase in the concentration of glucose.

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Pauline John, Murali Manoj, N. Sujatha, Nilesh J. Vasa, and Suresh R. Rao "Aqueous glucose measurement using differential absorption-based frequency domain optical coherence tomography at wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1625 nm", Proc. SPIE 9537, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging IV, 953711 (15 July 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2183830

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