Fiber optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) for blood diagnosis: the use of polymer-coated AgClBr fibers and neural network analysis

Osnat Eytan; Edward Bormashenko; Roman Pogreb; Semion Sutovski; Irena Vaserman; Ben-Ami Sela; Abraham Katzir

doi:10.1117/12.346718

21 April 1999 Fiber optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) for blood diagnosis: the use of polymer-coated AgClBr fibers and neural network analysis

Osnat Eytan, Edward Bormashenko, Roman Pogreb, Semion Sutovski, Irena Vaserman, Ben-Ami Sela, Abraham Katzir

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Proceedings Volume 3596, Specialty Fiber Optics for Medical Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346718
Event: BiOS '99 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Infrared spectral analysis of human blood serum was carried out using FTIR-FEWS (Fourier Transform Infrared Fiberoptic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy). The fiberoptic sensor elements were short (10.5 cm) lengths of unclad AgClBr fibers of diameter 0.9 mm. In order to protect the fibers from interaction with the blood serum we developed a dip coating technique, which made it possible to control the coating thickness. Three polymer materials were tested: polysulfone, polystyrene and room temperature vulcanized silicone elastomer. It was found that layers of thickness 2 - 3 micrometer provide chemical protection, while making it possible to carry out FEWS measurements. The measured spectra were analyzed by neural network analysis, to predict the concentrations of urea, uric acid, cholesterol, total protein and cretonne. The predicted concentrations were compared with the results obtained using standard chemical analysis of the blood (SMAC) and good correlation was observed, with errors of only few percent.

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Osnat Eytan, Edward Bormashenko, Roman Pogreb, Semion Sutovski, Irena Vaserman, Ben-Ami Sela, and Abraham Katzir "Fiber optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) for blood diagnosis: the use of polymer-coated AgClBr fibers and neural network analysis", Proc. SPIE 3596, Specialty Fiber Optics for Medical Applications, (21 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346718

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