Detecting anthrax in the mail by coherent Raman microspectroscopy.
In this report, we show the collection of spatial information through a turbid medium by coherent Raman microspectroscopic imaging. In particular, the technique is capable of identifying anthrax endospores inside a sealed paper envelope.
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
Rajan
R
Arora
Georgi I
GI
Petrov
Vladislav V
VV
Yakovlev
Marlan O
MO
Scully
D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000166:cytology*; D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015591:Microspectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*; D011177:Postal Service; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*