Nitric oxide breath testing by tunable-diode laser absorption spectroscopy: Application in monitoring respiratory inflammation

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 6018-6029

  Roller, Chad ^a   Namjou, Khosrow ^a   Jeffers, James D ^a   Camp, Mark ^b   Mock, Adam ^c   Mc Cann, Patrick J ^d   Grego, Joe ^d  

^a Ekips Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b Lung Center Inc   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORPTION; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; LASERS; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

EID: 0036771780     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006018     Document Type: Article

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