Development of a portable near infrared device for skin moisture by using a microspectrometer

  • Woo, Young-Ah (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women′s University) ;
  • Suh, Eun-jung (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women′s University) ;
  • Ahn, Jhii-Weon (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women′s University) ;
  • Kim, Hyo-Jin (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women′s University)
  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

In recent years, a miniature spectrometer has been extensively developed due to the combination of fiber optics and semiconductor detector arrays. This type of miniature spectrometer has advantages of low price and robustness because of the capability of mass production and no moving parts are required such as lenses, mirrors and scanning monochromator. In this study, for skin diagnostics, a portable near infrared (NIR) system has been developed using a LlGA microspectrometer, which is photo-diode arrays-type.(omitted)

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