This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.Myoglobin is an important molecule in muscle that has largely been ignored in near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy of muscle tissues. It is believed that myoglobin has an identical NIR absorption spectrum to hemoglobin, and thus NIR measurements in tissues in reality report a hemoglobin+myoglobin concentration. However, it has been observed in our laboratory and in the literature that across a broadband spectrum, quantitative differences exist between myoglobin and hemoglobin. Our goal is to characterize these spectral differences, and use them to quantify myoglobin concentrations in tissues.
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