Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 6, Issue 12, 928(2008)

Optically noninvasive measurement of the light transport properties of human meridians

Shusen Xie1、*, Hongqin Yang1, Zhouyi Guo2, Hui Li1, and Songhao Liu2
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology, Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics Technology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
  • 2Laboratory of Photonic Traditional Chinese Medicine and Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science of Ministry of Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
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    To confirm the existence and properties of human meridians, the optical transport properties along the pericardium meridian and tissues around the pericardium meridian are studied noninvasively on twenty healthy volunteers in vivo and then compared with each other. Our study shows that the light propagating along the meridian and non-meridian directions both conform to the Beer's exponential attenuation law. However, statistical analysis of the results suggests that the optical transport properties of human meridian differ from those of the surrounding tissues over a low modulated frequency range (P<0.01), and light attenuation along the pericardium meridian is significantly less than that along the non-meridian direction. These findings not only indicate the existence of acupuncture meridian from the point of view of biomedical optics, but also shed new light on an approach to investigation of human meridians.

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    Shusen Xie, Hongqin Yang, Zhouyi Guo, Hui Li, Songhao Liu, "Optically noninvasive measurement of the light transport properties of human meridians," Chin. Opt. Lett. 6, 928 (2008)

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 8, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 17, 2008

    The Author Email: Shusen Xie (ssxie@fjnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL20080612.0928

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