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5 March 2015 A MD-NIR interactance based wireless sensing platform for the measurement of a subcutaneous fat thickness: a pilot study
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Abstract
This paper presents a safe, affordable, and noninvasive approach to estimate subcutaneous fat thickness by using a multi-distance near infrared (MD-NIR) interactance-based wireless sensing platform. In order to perform the simultaneous measurements at several distances, two light sources with different wavelengths are located at one end of a line followed by seven photo diodes. Bluetooth Low Energy are adopted as their primary communication protocol as a wireless communication. The measured data from the MD-NIR interactance sensors are wirelessly transmitted to a smartphone or a tablet for analysis. The feasibility of the approach and wireless platform is demonstrated using the ex vivo pig fat layer phantoms.
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Minseok Lee, Kyoungsu Park, Wonki Lee, Keun-Sik No, Ilyong Park, and Sehwan Kim "A MD-NIR interactance based wireless sensing platform for the measurement of a subcutaneous fat thickness: a pilot study", Proc. SPIE 9319, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XI, 931902 (5 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077887
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KEYWORDS
Absorption

Tissues

Near infrared

Signal attenuation

Distance measurement

Light sources

Sensors

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