Biomedical infrared microscopy

M. J. Tobin, M. A. Chesters, J. M. Chalmers, F. J. M. Rutten, S. E. Fisher, I. M. Symonds, A. Hitchcock, R. Allibone and S. Dias-Gunasekara, Infrared microscopy of epithelial cancer cells in whole tissues and in tissue culture, using synchrotron radiation, in Applications of Spectroscopy to Biomedical Problems, Faraday Disc. 126 2004, pp. 27-39. 

L. Miller, M. J. Tobin, S. Srichan, P. Dumas, About the use of synchrotron radiation in infrared microscopy for biomedical applications. In Biomedical Applications of FTIR spectroscopy, P. Harris, Editor,... 

The introduction and diversification of genetically encoded fluorescent proteins (FPs) [1] and the expansion of available biological fluorophores have propelled biomedical fluorescent imaging forward into new era of development [2], Particular excitement surrounds the advances in microscopy, for example, inexpensive time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) cards for desktop computers that do away with the need for expensive and complex racks of equipment and compact infrared femtosecond pulse length semiconductor lasers, like the Mai Tai, mode locked titanium sapphire laser from Spectra physics, or the similar Chameleon manufactured by Coherent, Inc., that enable multiphoton excitation. 

Seifert, L.M. and R.T. Greer, Evaluation of in vivo adsorption of blood elements onto hydrogel-coated silicone rubber by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 1985, 19, 1043-1071. 

Gelatin-containing PHBV Biomedical applicatic Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), electrchemical analysis (ESCA), atomic frvce microscopy (AFM) (Meng et al. 2008)... 

P. (2013) The inherent problem of transflection-mode infrared spectroscopic microscopy and the ramifications for biomedical single point and imaging applications. Analyst, 138, 144-157. 

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