Optical measurements on human synovial fluid and its relevance to pathology

Nicholas Stone; Hugh Barr M.D.; Rafi Ahmad

doi:10.1117/12.260655

11 December 1996 Optical measurements on human synovial fluid and its relevance to pathology

Nicholas Stone, Hugh Barr M.D., Rafi Ahmad

Proceedings Volume 2927, Optical and Imaging Techniques for Biomonitoring II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260655
Event: BiOS Europe '96, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

The feasibility of assessing knee joint pathology by measuring the optical properties of human synovial fluid was investigated. Absorption and fluorescence measurements were made in vitro. Many samples were found to contain traces of haemoglobin, which even in small concentrations is a strong absorber. This may have been present due to joint pathology or contamination from the extraction process. Synovial fluid was also found to be highly scattering at small wavelengths. This may obscure useful diagnostic information. The combination of these factors indicates that the method of optical diagnostics from synovial fluid is of little use at present.

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Nicholas Stone, Hugh Barr M.D., and Rafi Ahmad "Optical measurements on human synovial fluid and its relevance to pathology", Proc. SPIE 2927, Optical and Imaging Techniques for Biomonitoring II, (11 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260655

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