Gases
New Gases Research Reported from University of Connecticut
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 18th, 2011
2011 OCT 18 -- "We present an ultrasound (US)-guided diffuse optical tomography for mapping tumor deoxyhemoglobin (deoxyHb) and oxyhemoglobin (oxyHb) concentrations in blood phantoms and in in-vivo patients. Because oxyHb and deoxyHb respond differently at different wavelengths, four laser diodes of wavelengths 740 nm, 780 nm, 808 nm and 830 nm were used in the study," investigators in Storrs, Connecticut report.
"Tumor model experiments were performed using phantoms of different hemoglobin oxygen saturations (14%-89%) representing hemoglobin oxygenation in tissue. Targets of different sizes and located at different depths were used to validate the accuracy...
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