{"title":"Two-wavelength excitation spectroscopy for non-invasive detection of the iron deficiency indicator zinc protoporphyrin IX","authors":"H. Stepp, Christian Homann, G. Hennig, M. Vogeser","doi":"10.1117/12.2614588","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Increased formation of fluorescent zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) inside erythrocytes indicates functional iron deficiency. Two-wavelength excitation spectroscopy detects ZnPP even through intact skin. Its suitability was successfully tested in women, surgical patients, infants and blood donors.","PeriodicalId":117188,"journal":{"name":"Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614588","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Increased formation of fluorescent zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) inside erythrocytes indicates functional iron deficiency. Two-wavelength excitation spectroscopy detects ZnPP even through intact skin. Its suitability was successfully tested in women, surgical patients, infants and blood donors.