A method is proposed for the selective determination of a light transport
parameter which is characteristic for the light scattering in a
biological matrix (5), in particular for the purpose of the non-invasive
determination of the glucose concentration in the biological matrix. The
method comprises providing a plurality of detection measurements, in
which light is irradiated as primary light into the biological matrix and
measuring an intensity value of secondary light emerging at a plurality
detection sites, located in different measuring distances from the
irradiation site. In an evaluation step, the light transport parameter is
derived, by means of an evaluation algorithm, from the measured intensity
values. For the selective determination of the scattering coefficient,
the evaluation algorithm includes a step in which a time derivative value
.DELTA..sub.tI(r) describing the change of the measurement intensity
value versus time is calculated from intensity measurement values
obtained at a minimum of two different points of time.