Thermal Effect on Monitoring Non-invasive Blood Glucose in Optical Coherence Tomography

Glucose monitoring using optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive technique that offers advantages in terms of signal to noise ratio, resolution and depth of penetration. We present a simulation showing the effect of the variation of the patient's temperature on the measurement of blood glucose. OCT thermo optic effects on glucose monitoring are studied. We point out the impact of skin temperature and show by OCT image simulation that the measurement of blood glucose varies as 0,2ΔT with a correlation coefficient of 0,99. Keywords— Glucose, Monitoring, Non-invasive, OCT, Temperature.