Vibrational spectroscopy for medical diagnosis / editors, Max Diem, Peter R. Griffiths, John M. Chalmers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diem, Max, 1947-

Chalmers, John M.

Griffiths, Peter R., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vibrational spectra--Diagnostic use.

Vibrational spectra.

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy--Diagnostic use.

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.

Spectrum Analysis, Raman.

Diagnostic Imaging--methods.

Spectrophotometry, Infrared.

Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared.

Medical Subjects:

Spectrum Analysis, Raman.

Diagnostic Imaging--methods.

Spectrophotometry, Infrared.

Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared.

Physical Description:

xvi, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2008]

Summary:

Cancer is the second largest cause of death (after heart disease) in North America and Europe. Statistics from many countries serve constantly to inform us of how prevalent cancer is worldwide, even though one particular variation may be more predominant in one geographical region than another. The traumatic cost in human lives, the dramatic cost of treatment and the need for rapidly advancing diagnoses and improving diagnostic methods for cancer, are clear for all to see. Current histopathological techniques for the detection and classification of cancer often lead to ambiguous diagnoses. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy have the potential to provide fast, accurate complementary techniques for the detection of many different forms of cancer. This book contains ten state-of-the-art chapters on the application of these techniques to the detection and classification of prostate, lymphatic, cervical, head and neck, and esophageal cancers, as well as reports on the application of vibrational spectroscopy to the study of individual human cells, and the identification of micro-organisms and erythrocytes, which should be of importance to spectroscopists and medical professionals alike.

This book provides an up-to-date account of the practical means, applications and potential of mid-infrared and Raman spectroscopy for the medical diagnosis of diseased tissue and cells. It will be of significant interest both to vibrational spectroscopists involved in developing techniques for medical diagnosis, and to clinicians, histopathologists, medical practitioners and students working in the field, with whom the spectroscopists must work closely in multi-disciplinary teams.

Contents:

Introduction to spectral imaging, and applications to diagnosis of lymph nodes / Melissa J. Romeo, Rina K. Dukor and Max Diem

Infrared and Raman microspectroscopic studies of individual human cells / Melissa J. Romeo ... [et al.]

Infrared spectroscopy in the identification of microorganisms / Mareike Wenning, Siegfried Scherer, and Dieter Naumann

Antemortem identification of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) from serum by mid-IR spectroscopy / Peter Lasch ... [et al.]

Head and neck cancer: a clinical overview, and observations from synchrotron-sourced mid-infrared spectroscopy investigations / Sheila E. Fisher ... [et al.]

Infrared spectroscopic imaging protocols for high-throughput histopathology / Rohit Bhargava and Ira W. Levin

Spectral histopathology of the human cervix / Don McNaughton, Keith Bambery and Bayden R. Wood

Raman spectroscopy as a potential tool for early diagnosis of malignancies in esophageal and bladder tissues / Nicholas Stone, Catherine Kendall and Hugh Barr

Neuro-oncological applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy / Christoph Krafft and Reiner Salzer

Resonance Raman spectroscopy of erythrocytes / Bayden R. Wood and Don McNaughton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470012147

0470012145

OCLC:

183831348

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