title: Current problems and potential techniques in in vivo glucose monitoring.
abstract: Accurate in vivo monitoring of glucose concentration would be a valuable asset, particularly for management of diabetes and preterm infants during critical care. In vivo glucose monitoring devices can be divided into two categories: implanted and non-invasive. Extensive research into in vivo glucose monitoring over recent decades has not resulted in the widespread use of clinically reliable monitoring systems. For implanted devices, poor biocompatibility of the materials used for fabrication remains a major challenge, whilst progress in the commercial development of non-invasive devices is hampered by the problem of multiple interference between the detected signals and the biological components. In this review, the methods available for in in-vivo glucose monitoring are described and the associated problems are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Medicine, Keele University/University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wickramasinghe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D007478:Iontophoresis; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D014159:Transducers; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose