Description
Book SynopsisCancer 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 is one geographical region than another.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors.
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, Susie Boydston-White, Christian Matthäaus, Miloš Miljkovic, Benjamin Bird, Tatyana Chernenko, Peter Lasch and Max Diem).
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, Michael Beekes, Heinz Fabian and Dieter Naumann).
Head and Neck Cancer: A Clinical Overview, and Observations from Synchrotron-sourced Mid-infrared Spectroscopy Investigations (Sheila E. Fisher, Andrew T. Harris, John M. Chalmers and Mark J. Tobin).
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 (N. Stone, C. Kendall and H. 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).
Glossary.
Appendix: Infrared and Raman Spectra of Selected Cellular.
Components.
Index.
