Emerging concepts in deep Raman spectroscopy of biological tissue.
This article reviews emerging Raman techniques for deep, non-invasive characterisation of biological tissues. As generic analytical tools, the new methods pave the way for a host of new applications including non-invasive bone disease diagnosis, chemical characterisation of 'stone-like' materials in urology and cancer detection in a number of organs.
Matousek
Pavel
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Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK OX11 0QX. Pavel.Matousek@stfc.ac.uk
Stone
Nicholas
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D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014054:Tomography