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Published on: January 21, 2015
Perspectives on infrared spectroscopic imaging from cancer diagnostics to process analysis
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
This perspective paper discusses the recent and potential developments in the application of infrared spectroscopic imaging, with a focus on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging. The current state-of-the-art has been briefly reported, that includes recent trends and advances in applications of FTIR spectroscopic imaging to biomedical systems. Here, some new opportunities for research in the biomedical field, particularly for cancer diagnostics, and also in the engineering field of process analysis; as well as challenges in FTIR spectroscopic imaging are discussed. Current and future prospects that will bring spectroscopic imaging technologies to the frontier of advanced medical diagnostics and to process analytics in engineering applications will be outlined in this opinion paper.
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