Open AccessOptical densitometry method for liver function assessment using indocyanine green
Author(s) -
Ilya Kolokolnikov,
Ilya I. Lavrenyuk,
Ekaterina Savchenko,
Eliepomnyashchaya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1695/1/012134
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , densitometry , liver function , in vivo , chemistry , function (biology) , biomedical engineering , medicine , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , evolutionary biology
Indocyanine green is a tricarbocyanine dye, that is stable in human blood plasma and can be completely eliminated by liver in several days. Due to its properties it can be used to assess the metabolic liver function. We present optical densitometry device and theory for taking measurements of concentration of indocyanine green in patient’s blood in vivo.