Title :
The Urinary Drop Spectrometer - An Electrooptical Instrument for Urological Analysis Based on the External Urine Stream
Author :
Ritter, Rogers C. ; Zinner, Norman R. ; Sterling, Arthur M.
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
fDate :
5/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This communication presents the design and an outline of clinical experience with two models of the urinary drop spectrometer (UDS), a noncontact optical instrument used for assessing urological abnormalities based on observation of the external urinary stream.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Instruments; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical sensors; Photodetectors; Photomultipliers; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Transducers; Electronics, Medical; Fiber Optics; Humans; Lenses; Optics; Spectrophotometry; Transducers; Urine;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1976.324642
