Issue 14, 2013

Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool

Abstract

The discovery of the Raman effect in 1928 not only aided fundamental understanding about the quantum nature of light and matter but also opened up a completely novel area of optics and spectroscopic research that is accelerating at a greater rate during the last decade than at any time since its inception. This introductory overview focuses on some of the most recent developments within this exciting field and how this has enabled and enhanced disease diagnosis and biomedical applications. We highlight a small number of stimulating high-impact studies in imaging, endoscopy, stem cell research, and other recent developments such as spatially offset Raman scattering amongst others. We hope this stimulates further interest in this already exciting field, by ‘illuminating’ some of the current research being undertaken by the latest in a very long line of dedicated experimentalists interested in the properties and potential beneficial applications of light.

Graphical abstract: Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
08 Apr 2013
Accepted
08 May 2013
First published
31 May 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Analyst, 2013,138, 3871-3884

Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool

D. I. Ellis, D. P. Cowcher, L. Ashton, S. O'Hagan and R. Goodacre, Analyst, 2013, 138, 3871 DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00698K

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