Development of high-resolution real-time sub-ppb ethane spectroscopy and some pilot studies in life science

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4712-4721

  Skeldon, Kenneth D ^a   Gibson, Graham M ^a   Wyse, Cathy A ^a   McMillan, Lesley C ^a   Monk, Steve D ^a   Longbottom, Chris ^a   Padgett, Miles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOGENICS; ETHANE; HEALTH CARE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; METABOLISM; MIRRORS; MONITORING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING;

ETHANE GAS; HERRIOTT CELL; LIFE SCIENCE; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ETHANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOMEDICINE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BREATH TESTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ETHANE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCHEMISTRY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 23844477707     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004712     Document Type: Article

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