Optical method and system to determine distribution of lipid particles in a sample

The system and method of the present invention relates to characterising lipoproteins in a sample. The system includes a light source that delivers electromagnetic energy in a predetermined range of wavelengths to the sample and a sensor that senses an intensity spectrum which emerges from the sampl...

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Hauptverfasser: LINDON, JACK N, EVERHART, DENNIS S, GARCIA-RUBIO, LUIS
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The system and method of the present invention relates to characterising lipoproteins in a sample. The system includes a light source that delivers electromagnetic energy in a predetermined range of wavelengths to the sample and a sensor that senses an intensity spectrum which emerges from the sample when the sample is illuminated by the light source. A processor characterises lipoproteins that are within in the sample of deconvoluting the intensity spectrum into a scattering spectrum and absorption spectrum. The method includes illuminating the sample with electromagnetic energy having a predetermined range of wavelengths and sensing the electromagnetic energy that emerges from the sample. The method fiuther includes transducing the sensed electromagnetic energy which emerges from the sample into an intensity spectrum that determines the types of lipoproteins that are within the sample.