Title :
Clinical application of a mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Laser based sensor for multianalyte detection in human blood plasma
Author :
Brandstetter, M. ; Sumalowitsch, T. ; Genner, A. ; Fuhrmann, V. ; Lendl, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Chem. Technol. & Analytics, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
A portable point-of-care sensor employing a broadly tunable External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser was applied for clinical multianalyte detection in human blood plasma. Glucose, triglyzerides, total protein, albumin, cholesterol and fibrinogen could be succesfully quantified.
Keywords :
biochemistry; blood; chemical sensors; laser applications in medicine; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; molecular biophysics; optical sensors; patient diagnosis; proteins; quantum cascade lasers; albumin; broadly tunable external cavity QCL; cholesterol; clinical multianalyte detection; fibrinogen; glucose; human blood plasma; midinfrared quantum cascade laser; portable point-of-care sensor; total protein; triglyzerides; Absorption; Blood; Plasmas; Proteins; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
