News Finding: "If there's no fluid, there's no chance of an infection.
Paper Finding: In addition, SWIR light offers greater transmission through biological tissue than visible or NIR light due to decreased scattering of photons .
News Context: The new device, whose design is still being refined by the team, is expected ultimately to look and function very much like existing otoscopes, the devices most doctors currently use to peer inside the ear to look for signs of infection. "If there's no fluid, there's no chance of an infection. But the eardrum basically becomes transparent to our device."
Paper Context: Moreover, our device is easily translatable to the clinic, as the ergonomics, visual output, and operation are similar to a conventional otoscope. In addition, SWIR light offers greater transmission through biological tissue than visible or NIR light due to decreased scattering of photons . SWIR light thus provides sufficient optical penetration depth to noninvasively interrogate changes in subsurface tissue features, whereas most visible and NIR imaging is limited to superficial structures .