Imaging of ultraweak spontaneous photon emission from human body displaying diurnal rhythm.

The human body literally glimmers. The intensity of the light emitted by the body is 1000 times lower than the sensitivity of our naked eyes. Ultraweak photon emission is known as the energy released as light through the changes in energy metabolism. We successfully imaged the diurnal change of this...

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Main Authors: Masaki Kobayashi, Daisuke Kikuchi, Hitoshi Okamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19606225/?tool=EBI