Measurement of the absorption coefficient of a glucose solution through transmission of light and polarymetry techniques

摘要

Diabetes is a disease with no cure, but can be controlled to improve the quality of life of sufferers. Currently there are researches to suggest techniques to detect or measure glucose. This paper presents two techniques for measuring glucose using non-invasive optical techniques: transmission of light and polarimetry. It shows the results obtained from experiments done on samples containing distilled water and different amounts of glucose to study the absorption coefficient of glucose with both techniques. Water is used because it is one of the main elements in the blood and interferes with glucose measurement. This experiment will develop a prototype to measure glucose through a non-invasive technique.