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Description
Why do our fingertips glow red when you shine a light through your hand?This book unravels such everyday optical mysteries and introduces healthcare technologies based on these very phenomena -- technologies that 'examine' the body and 'explore' the human mind using light.Among the most successful applications is the pulse oximeter. In contrast, noninvasive blood glucose monitoring remains an unsolved challenge despite decades of research. This book also delves into the scientific reasons behind
