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Optical spectroscopy has long been used to study the oxygenation of living tissue in-vivo. It is possible to detect concentration changes of naturally occurring chromophores whose absorption spectra are affected by the presence of oxygen, such as haemoglobin and the cytochrome enzymes.
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Cope, M., Delpy, D.T., Wray, S., Wyatt, J.S., Reynolds, E.O.R. (1989). A CCD Spectrophotometer to Quantitate the Concentration of Chromophores in Living Tissue Utilising the Absorption Peak of Water at 975 nm. In: Rakusan, K., Biro, G.P., Goldstick, T.K., Turek, Z. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 248. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5643-1_4
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