title: Characterization of silicone breast implant biopsies by Fourier transform infrared mapping.
abstract: Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral mapping was used to study polymers in human tissue associated with silicone breast implants. Biomaterials such as polyesters, polyurethanes and silicone were identified by FT-IR spectroscopy, and their relative locations and distributions within tissue specimens were characterized by three-dimensional (3D) spectral maps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luke
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Kalasinsky
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D018427:Breast Implants; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D011506:Proteins