Handbook of Optical Sensing of Glucose in Biological Fluids and Tissues

Saratov State University, Russia University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA King's College London, Strand, UK University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Preface. Glucose: Physiological Norm and Pathology. Commercial Biosensors for Diabetes. Monte Carlo Simulation of Light Propagation in Human Tissues and Noninvasive Glucose Sensing. Statistical Analysis for Glucose Prediction in Blood Samples by Infrared Spectroscopy. Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Monitoring of Glucose—Established and Novel Strategies for Multivariate Calibration. Characterizing the Influence of Acute Hyperglycaemia on Cerebral Hemodynamics by Optical Imaging. Near-Infrared Thermo-Optical Response of the Localized Reflectance of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Human Skin. In Vivo Nondestructive Measurement of Blood Glucose by Near-Infrared Diffuse-Reflectance Spectroscopy. Glucose Correlation with Light Scattering Patterns. Challenges and Countermeasures in NIR Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring. Fluorescence-Based Glucose Biosensors. Quantitative Biological Raman Spectroscopy. Tear Fluid Photonic Crystal Contact Lens Noninvasive Glucose Sensors. Pulsed Photoacoustic Techniques and Glucose Determination in Human Blood and Tissue. A Noninvasive Glucose Sensor Based on Polarimetric Measurements through the Aqueous Humor of the Eye. Noninvasive Measurements of Glucose in the Human Body Using Polarimetry and Brewster Reflection off of the Eye Lens. Toward Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Using Polarization Analysis of Multiply Scattered Light. Noninvasive Monitoring of Glucose Concentration with Optical Coherence Tomography. Measurement of Glucose Diffusion Coefficients in Human Tissues. Monitoring of Glucose Diffusion in Epithelial Tissues with Optical Coherence Tomography. Glucose-Induced Optical Clearing Effects in Tissues and Blood. Index.