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Optical measurement of drug concentrations in tissue

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/532514· OSTI ID:532514
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Chemical Sciences and Technology Div.
This is the final report of a one-year, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The aim of this project was to develop noninvasive fiber-optic methods for measuring drug concentrations in tissue. Such a system would make possible the study of chemotherapy drug kinetics at specific, targeted locations in the body after the drug is administered. The major result of this project is the development of techniques for measuring changes in absorption of a medium with unknown scattering properties. The developed method was verified by testing on several media with scattering properties in the range typically found for tissue.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
532514
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--97-3508; ON: DE98000088
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English