| Author | Message | ||
     Howard Mark (hlmark) Senior Member Username: hlmark Post Number: 235 Registered: 9-2001 |
Jerry - as I recall, the human body is composed of somewhat over 80% water. Therefore, and I say this only half-humorously, you can't help but measure the water, even if you don't want to. Anyone who has ever stuck a finger (or other body part) into a NIR instrument and run a scan, will see the prominent signal from the water content. The main problem you'll have, as is common, is getting a good reference measurement of the water content to calibrate against - most people are averse to providing samples for the (destructive) reference measurement! \o/ /_\ | ||
| Jerry Jin (jcg2000) Member Username: jcg2000 Post Number: 14 Registered: 1-2009 |
Dear All, I am interested in the possibility that uses NIR to measure water content in human tissue (live tissue like muscle). Do you know any person or previous work about it? Thanks. Jerry Jin |