| CPC A61B 5/0075 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/0833 (2013.01); A61B 5/0836 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |

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1. A method for rescaling a signal to remove an absorption offset from an optical measurement, said method comprising:
a first mode comprising:
measuring a first light signal from each of at least one light source located in a housing which has been transmitted through, or back-scattered from, a reference object located outside of said housing using an external detector;
measuring a second light signal from each of said at least one light source located in said housing using a reference detector;
calculating a scaling factor of each of said at least one light source using said detected first light signal and said detected second light signal; and
a second mode:
measuring a third light signal from each of said at least one light source located in said housing which has been transmitted through, or back-scattered from, a measurement object located outside of said housing using said external detector;
measuring a fourth light signal from each of said at least one light source located in said housing using a reference detector;
applying said scaling factor to each of said detected fourth light signal which is then subtracted from each of said detected third light signal transmitted through, or back-scattered from, said measuring object.
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