Paper Info
Title
Optical analysis of lithium carbonate: towards the development of a portable lithium blood level analyzer for bipolar disorder patients.
Abstract
Lithium medication is the gold standard of treatment in Bipolar Disorder patients, preventing and reducing mood swings and suicidality. However, despite its effectiveness, it is a potentially hazardous drug requiring regular monitoring of blood levels to ensure toxic levels are not reached. This paper describes the first steps towards developing a new portable device that can be used by Bipolar Disorder patients to facilitate the analysis of lithium blood levels at home. Solutions of lithium carbonate have been optically fingerprinted using a high-end spectrophotometer. Preliminary measurements indicate that while the visible to near infrared region of the absorption spectra fall heavily within the water band, measurements in the Ultraviolet region show a strong distinction between different lithium concentrations. The optical spectra of Lithium in the 220 nm to 230 nm region demonstrated the ability to differentiate between concentrations representing those found in patients.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944025
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
lithium carbonate,high-end spectrophotometer,medical disorders,blood level monitoring,visible spectra,lithium compounds,patient monitoring,ultraviolet region,infrared spectra,wavelength 220 nm to 230 nm,spectrophotometry,li2co3,absorption spectra,optical analysis,visible-near infrared region,portable lithium blood level analyzer,water band,bipolar disorder patients,blood
Analytical chemistry,Bipolar disorder,Mineralogy,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Lithium,Spectrum analyzer,Lithium carbonate,Lithium blood level
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2014
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J M May100.34
M Hickey200.34
I. F. Triantis35613.99
E Palazidou400.68
P A Kyriacou532.83