Medical Applications
The use of Raman spectroscopy in medical applications has been limited to depths of hundreds of micrometres (confocal Raman). Transmission Raman has been demonstrated as a potential diagnostic tool for lesions in breast tissue.
- An introduction to some of the more exciting recent advances and dynamic current areas of development in biomedical Raman spectroscopy. Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool.
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