SYSTEM FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION

摘要

A system and method for non-invasive measurement of glucose concentration in a live subject including a thermal emission spectroscopy (TES) device 10, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device 20 or near infrared diffuse reflectance (NIDR) device. The TES 10 generates a signal indicative of the absorbtion of glucose, from which the blood glucose concentration is determined and the OCT device 20 generates a signal indicative of the scattering coefficient of a portion of the live subject, from which the blood glucose concentration is determined. The signals generated by the TES and OCT devices along with signals generated by sensors for measuring the body heat and surface temperature of the subject are used in the metabolic heat conformation (MHC) method of determining blood glucose concentration. The system may include a photoacoustic sensor for generating a signal indicative of thermo-elastic skin properties from which the blood glucose concentration is also determined.