Title :
Quantum cascade laser spectrometer for trace-gas detection of exhaled carbonyl sulfide
Author :
Wysocki, Gerard ; So, Stephen ; McCurdy, Matt ; Roller, Chad ; Weidmann, Damien ; Kosterev, Anatoliy A. ; Frantz, J. Patrick ; Curl, Robert F. ; Tittel, Frank K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
Simultaneous concentration measurements of exhaled carbonyl sulfide and carbon dioxide were demonstrated using a pulsed quantum cascade laser based gas sensor. This sensor has potential applications in biomedical diagnostics such as in lung transplant rejection.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas sensors; high-speed optical techniques; optical sensors; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; quantum cascade lasers; biomedical diagnostics; carbon dioxide; exhaled carbonyl sulfide; lung transplant rejection; pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer; trace-gas detection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
