Background
Jaundice is a common and often harmless condition in neonates. However, especially preterm neonates have an increased risk for developing jaundice related brain damage, which is the reason for close monitoring of the blood bilirubin concentration (the indicator of jaundice) in these patients. The bilirubin concentration is determined from a blood sample obtained by a heel stick, often up to three times a day. Naturally, this is a very painful and harmful procedure for the child. In addition, this diagnosis creates an unwanted delay in the treatment of the patient, since it may last more than one hour. (more…)

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A smart Oxygen Cuvette is developed by coating the inner surface of a cuvette with oxygen sensitive thin film material. The coating is glass like sol-gel based sensor that has an embedded ruthenium compound in the glass film. The fluorescence of the ruthenium is quenched depending on the oxygen level. Ocean Optics phase fluorometer, NeoFox is used to measure this rate of fluorescence quenching and computes it for the amount of oxygen present. (more…)

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Goal:
Assess the depth of sampling achieved by the R400-7 UV/VIS reflection probe and LS-1 when taking non-invasive reflection measurements of the skin (more…)

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Goal:
Measure absorbance spectra for a range of biological samples (more…)

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