I ran across this article which might be of interest: http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/10/measuring-blood-sugar-light
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> wrote: > Attention all in the Vort collective: > > I hope you all don't mind if I take a few bytes of bandwidth to request some > help with the R&D I've been working on... which is noninvasive blood glucose > measurement using RF/microwaves. The attached pic shows the results for > just one of the diabetics tested; for this one we could get a good > calibration on 82 data points (taken in Feb 2010), and then the calibrated > equation accurately estimated the remaining 120 samples which were taken > thru March. Follow-up testing in June also gave good results with little > degradation. Predictive accuracy over time is a major accomplishment in this > work. > > We have a database of ~87GB, most of which was on five Type-1 diabetics over > the course of 2 months; clinical lab-grade blood chemistries for most of > that data. During RF scans we are also taking skin temperature every 100 > millisecs... > > Our investor has given us until the end of the year to improve our > calibration/predictive algorithms as much as possible before we market the > technology for the next phase of development. We are currently at > +-20% accuracy for ~80% of our samples (~1000 samples on the 5 test > subjects). The technology is not optimized, so this may be all we can hope > for with the current sensor design and algorithms. But, we need to use the > time left to make whatever improvements we can... > > I am in search of some very bright individuals with expertise in > mathematical modeling and bioelectromagnetics; perhaps statistics, but > targeted toward medical device testing. Knowledge of RF Scattering > Parameters (S-Params) which come out of a modern Network Analyzer (Agilent > PNA-5230) would also be very helpful. We already have some very extensive > MatLab code which builds mathematical models, one term at a time, and it may > be better to add to this rather than creating from scratch. IF you're very > competent and like a real challenge, and want a break from the E-Cat fiasco, > then please contact me @: > [email protected] > or > [email protected] > > There are now 366 million diabetics in the world, and they have been in need > of a truly painless way to measure their blood sugar. You could be one of > the keys to solving the challenges which make this a reality for them... > > Thanks for your time... > > Now back to your regularly scheduled E-Cat frustration! > :-) > -Mark Iverson >
