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Mazur AI, Marcsisin EJ, Bird B, Miljković M, Diem M. Evaluating different fixation protocols for spectral cytopathology, part 1. Anal Chem 2012; 84:1259-66. [PMID: 22103764 DOI: 10.1021/ac202046d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spectral cytopathology (SCP) is a novel approach for disease diagnosis that utilizes infrared spectroscopy to interrogate the biochemical components of cellular samples and multivariate statistical methods, such as principal component analysis, to analyze and diagnose spectra. SCP has taken vast strides in its application for disease diagnosis over the past decade; however, fixation-induced changes and sample handling methods are still not systematically understood. Conversely, fixation and staining methods in conventional cytopathology, typically involving protocols to maintain the morphology of cells, have been documented and widely accepted for nearly a century. For SCP, fixation procedures must preserve the biochemical composition of samples so that spectral changes significant to disease diagnosis are not masked. We report efforts to study the effects of fixation protocols commonly used in traditional cytopathology and SCP, including fixed and unfixed methods applied to exfoliated oral (buccal) mucosa cells. Data suggest that the length of time in fixative and duration of sample storage via desiccation contribute to minor spectral changes where spectra are nearly superimposable. These findings illustrate that changes influenced by fixation are negligible in comparison to changes induced by disease.
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- Antonella I Mazur
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Long X, Nasse MJ, Ma Y, Qi L. From synthetic to biogenic Mg-containing calcites: a comparative study using FTIR microspectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:2255-63. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp22453d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Crane NJ, Elster EA. Vibrational spectroscopy: a tool being developed for the noninvasive monitoring of wound healing. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:010902. [PMID: 22352634 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.1.010902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Wound care and management accounted for over 1.8 million hospital discharges in 2009. The complex nature of wound physiology involves hundreds of overlapping processes that we have only begun to understand over the past three decades. The management of wounds remains a significant challenge for inexperienced clinicians. The ensuing inflammatory response ultimately dictates the pace of wound healing and tissue regeneration. Consequently, the eventual timing of wound closure or definitive coverage is often subjective. Some wounds fail to close, or dehisce, despite the use and application of novel wound-specific treatment modalities. An understanding of the molecular environment of acute and chronic wounds throughout the wound-healing process can provide valuable insight into the mechanisms associated with the patient's outcome. Pathologic alterations of wounds are accompanied by fundamental changes in the molecular environment that can be analyzed by vibrational spectroscopy. Vibrational spectroscopy, specifically Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, offers the capability to accurately detect and identify the various molecules that compose the extracellular matrix during wound healing in their native state. The identified changes might provide the objective markers of wound healing, which can then be integrated with clinical characteristics to guide the management of wounds.
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- Nicole J Crane
- Naval Medical Research Center, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA.
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Tan ST, Chew W. Applications of the improved leader-follower cluster analysis (iLFCA) algorithm on large array (LA) and very large array (VLA) hyperspectral mid-infrared imaging datasets. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20495a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kwak JT, Reddy R, Sinha S, Bhargava R. Analysis of variance in spectroscopic imaging data from human tissues. Anal Chem 2011; 84:1063-9. [PMID: 22148458 DOI: 10.1021/ac2026496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The analysis of cell types and disease using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging is promising. The approach lacks an appreciation of the limits of performance for the technology, however, which limits both researcher efforts in improving the approach and acceptance by practitioners. One factor limiting performance is the variance in data arising from biological diversity, measurement noise or from other sources. Here we identify the sources of variation by first employing a high throughout sampling platform of tissue microarrays (TMAs) to record a sufficiently large and diverse set data. Next, a comprehensive set of analysis of variance (ANOVA) models is employed to analyze the data. Estimating the portions of explained variation, we quantify the primary sources of variation, find the most discriminating spectral metrics, and recognize the aspects of the technology to improve. The study provides a framework for the development of protocols for clinical translation and provides guidelines to design statistically valid studies in the spectroscopic analysis of tissue.
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- Jin Tae Kwak
- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Wang Z, Tangella K, Balla A, Popescu G. Tissue refractive index as marker of disease. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2011; 16:116017. [PMID: 22112122 PMCID: PMC3223513 DOI: 10.1117/1.3656732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The gold standard in histopathology relies on manual investigation of stained tissue biopsies. A sensitive and quantitative method for in situ tissue specimen inspection is highly desirable, as it would allow early disease diagnosis and automatic screening. Here we demonstrate that quantitative phase imaging of entire unstained biopsies has the potential to fulfill this requirement. Our data indicates that the refractive index distribution of histopathology slides, which contains information about the molecular scale organization of tissue, reveals prostate tumors and breast calcifications. These optical maps report on subtle, nanoscale morphological properties of tissues and cells that cannot be recovered by common stains, including hematoxylin and eosin. We found that cancer progression significantly alters the tissue organization, as exhibited by consistently higher refractive index variance in prostate tumors versus normal regions. Furthermore, using the quantitative phase information, we obtained the spatially resolved scattering mean free path and anisotropy factor g for entire biopsies and demonstrated their direct correlation with tumor presence. In essence, our results show that the tissue refractive index reports on the nanoscale tissue architecture and, in principle, can be used as an intrinsic marker for cancer diagnosis.
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- Zhuo Wang
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Lu F, Belkin MA. Infrared absorption nano-spectroscopy using sample photoexpansion induced by tunable quantum cascade lasers. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:19942-19947. [PMID: 21997003 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.019942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report a simple technique that allows obtaining mid-infrared absorption spectra with nanoscale spatial resolution under low-power illumination from tunable quantum cascade lasers. Light absorption is detected by measuring associated sample thermal expansion with an atomic force microscope. To detect minute thermal expansion we tune the repetition frequency of laser pulses in resonance with the mechanical frequency of the atomic force microscope cantilever. Spatial resolution of better than 50 nm is experimentally demonstrated.
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- Feng Lu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758, USA
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Holton SE, Walsh MJ, Kajdacsy-Balla A, Bhargava R. Label-free characterization of cancer-activated fibroblasts using infrared spectroscopic imaging. Biophys J 2011; 101:1513-21. [PMID: 21943433 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2011] [Revised: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Glandular tumors arising in epithelial cells comprise the majority of solid human cancers. Glands are supported by stroma, which is activated in the proximity of a tumor. Activated stroma is often characterized by the molecular expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) within fibroblasts. However, the precise spatial and temporal evolution of chemical changes in fibroblasts upon epithelial tumor signaling is poorly understood. Here we report a label-free method to characterize fibroblast changes by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging and comparing spectra with α-SMA expression in primary normal human fibroblasts. We recorded the fibroblast activation process by spectroscopic imaging using increasingly tissue-like conditions: 1), stimulation with the growth factor TGFβ1; 2), coculture with MCF-7 human breast cancerous epithelial cells in Transwell coculture; and 3), coculture with MCF-7 in three-dimensional cell culture. Finally, we compared the spectral signatures of stromal transformation with normal and malignant human breast tissue biopsies. The results indicate that this approach reveals temporally complex spectral changes and thus provides a richer assessment than simple molecular imaging based on α-SMA expression. Some changes are conserved across culture conditions and in human tissue, providing a label-free method to monitor stromal transformations.
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- S E Holton
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Quaroni L, Zlateva T, Normand E. Detection of Weak Absorption Changes from Molecular Events in Time-Resolved FT-IR Spectromicroscopy Measurements of Single Functional Cells. Anal Chem 2011; 83:7371-80. [DOI: 10.1021/ac201318z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Luca Quaroni
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source Inc., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada
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Van Eerdenbrugh B, Taylor LS. Application of mid-IR spectroscopy for the characterization of pharmaceutical systems. Int J Pharm 2011; 417:3-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Revised: 12/02/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Davis BJ, Carney PS, Bhargava R. Theory of infrared microspectroscopy for intact fibers. Anal Chem 2011; 83:525-32. [PMID: 21158469 DOI: 10.1021/ac102239b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Infrared microspectroscopy is widely used for the chemical analysis of small samples. In particular, spectral properties of small cylindrical samples are important in forensic analysis, understanding relationships between microstructure and mechanical properties in fibers or fiber composites, and development of cosmetics and drugs for hair. The diameters of the constituent cylinders are typically of the order of the central wavelength of light used to probe the sample. Hence, structure and material spectral response are coupled and recorded spectra are usually distorted to the extent of becoming useless for molecular identification. In this paper, we apply rigorous optical theory to predict the spectral distortions observed in IR microspectroscopic data of fibers. The theory is used, first, to compute the changes that are observed for cylinders of various dimensions under different instrument configurations when compared to the bulk spectrum from the same material. We provide a method to recover intrinsic material spectral response from fibers by correcting for distortion introduced by the cylindrical structure. The theory reported here should enable the routine use of IR microspectroscopy and imaging for the molecular analysis of cylindrical domains in complex materials.
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- Brynmor J Davis
- Department of Bioengineering and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Sahu RK, Mordechai S. Spectral signatures of colonic malignancies in the mid-infrared region: from basic research to clinical applicability. Future Oncol 2011; 6:1653-67. [PMID: 21062162 DOI: 10.2217/fon.10.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The process of carcinogenesis in the colon progresses through several overlapping stages, making the evaluation process challenging, as well as subjective. Owing to the complexity of colonic tissues and the search for a technique that is rapid and foolproof for precise grading and evaluation of biopsies, many spectroscopic techniques have been evaluated in the past few decades for their efficiency and clinical compatibility. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, being quantitative and objective, has the capacity for automation and relevance to cancer diagnosis. This article highlights investigations on the application of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (particularly microscopy) in colon cancer diagnosis and parallel developments in data analysis techniques for the characterization of spectral signatures of malignant tissues in the colon.
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- Ranjit K Sahu
- Center for Autoimmune & Musculoskeletal Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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Kwak JT, Hewitt SM, Sinha S, Bhargava R. Multimodal microscopy for automated histologic analysis of prostate cancer. BMC Cancer 2011; 11:62. [PMID: 21303560 PMCID: PMC3045985 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Prostate cancer is the single most prevalent cancer in US men whose gold standard of diagnosis is histologic assessment of biopsies. Manual assessment of stained tissue of all biopsies limits speed and accuracy in clinical practice and research of prostate cancer diagnosis. We sought to develop a fully-automated multimodal microscopy method to distinguish cancerous from non-cancerous tissue samples. Methods We recorded chemical data from an unstained tissue microarray (TMA) using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging. Using pattern recognition, we identified epithelial cells without user input. We fused the cell type information with the corresponding stained images commonly used in clinical practice. Extracted morphological features, optimized by two-stage feature selection method using a minimum-redundancy-maximal-relevance (mRMR) criterion and sequential floating forward selection (SFFS), were applied to classify tissue samples as cancer or non-cancer. Results We achieved high accuracy (area under ROC curve (AUC) >0.97) in cross-validations on each of two data sets that were stained under different conditions. When the classifier was trained on one data set and tested on the other data set, an AUC value of ~0.95 was observed. In the absence of IR data, the performance of the same classification system dropped for both data sets and between data sets. Conclusions We were able to achieve very effective fusion of the information from two different images that provide very different types of data with different characteristics. The method is entirely transparent to a user and does not involve any adjustment or decision-making based on spectral data. By combining the IR and optical data, we achieved high accurate classification.
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- Jin Tae Kwak
- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Quaroni L, Zlateva T. Infrared spectromicroscopy of biochemistry in functional single cells. Analyst 2011; 136:3219-32. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15060j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kong R, Bhargava R. Characterization of porcine skin as a model for human skin studies using infrared spectroscopic imaging. Analyst 2011; 136:2359-66. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15111h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Marcelli A, Cinque G. Infrared Synchrotron Radiation Beamlines: High Brilliance Tools for IR Spectromicroscopy. BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SYNCHROTRON INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849731997-00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Augusto Marcelli
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati Via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati Italy
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Chilton Didcot Oxon OX11 ODE UK
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Kodali AK, Schulmerich M, Ip J, Yen G, Cunningham BT, Bhargava R. Narrowband midinfrared reflectance filters using guided mode resonance. Anal Chem 2010; 82:5697-706. [PMID: 20527738 DOI: 10.1021/ac1007128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is a need to develop mid-infrared (IR) spectrometers for applications in which the absorbance of only a few vibrational mode (optical) frequencies needs to be recorded; unfortunately, there are limited alternatives for the same. The key requirement is the development of a means to discretely access a small set of spectral positions from the wideband thermal sources commonly used for spectroscopy. We present here the theory, design, and practical realization of a new class of filters in the mid-infrared (IR) spectral regions based on using guided mode resonances (GMR) for narrowband optical reflection. A simple, periodic surface-relief configuration is chosen to enable both a spectral response and facile fabrication. A theoretical model based on rigorous coupled wave analysis is developed, incorporating anomalous dispersion of filter materials in the mid-IR spectral region. As a proof-of-principle demonstration, a set of four filters for a spectral region around the C-H stretching mode (2600-3000 cm(-1)) are fabricated and responses compared to theory. The reflectance spectra were well-predicted by the developed theory and results were found to be sensitive to the angle of incidence and dispersion characteristics of the material. In summary, the work reported here forms the basis for a rational design of filters that can prove useful for IR absorption spectroscopy.
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- Anil K Kodali
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Petibois C, Desbat B. Clinical application of FTIR imaging: new reasons for hope. Trends Biotechnol 2010; 28:495-500. [PMID: 20828847 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 06/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the 1990s, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging arrived as an analytical tool for the biological sciences. However, major limitations have appeared with respect to modern techniques of clinical imaging; slow acquisition of data, diffraction limitations, inability to image living biosystems, and weak sensitivity of detectors. Recent technological developments have demonstrated that FTIR imaging can be used to image living biosamples at the surface of specific crystals, lateral resolution can reach 100 nm without diffraction limits, and real-time imaging is accessible. These analytical improvements, in conjunction with industrial efforts in providing a new generation of high photon flux IR sources and more sensitive detectors, will give FTIR imaging a 'second chance' to be introduced into the clinic.
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- Cyril Petibois
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5248 CBMN, 2 Rue Robert Escarpit, 33604 Pessac-Cedex, France.
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Davis BJ, Carney PS, Bhargava R. Theory of midinfrared absorption microspectroscopy: I. Homogeneous samples. Anal Chem 2010; 82:3474-86. [PMID: 20392063 DOI: 10.1021/ac902067p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Midinfrared (IR) microspectroscopy is widely employed for spatially localized spectral analyses. A comprehensive theoretical model for the technique, however, has not been previously proposed. In this paper, rigorous theory is presented for IR absorption microspectroscopy by using Maxwell's equations to model beam propagation. Focusing effects, material dispersion, and the geometry of the sample are accounted to predict spectral response for homogeneous samples. Predictions are validated experimentally using Fourier transform IR (FT-IR) microspectroscopic examination of a photoresist. The results emphasize that meaningful interpretation of IR microspectroscopic data must involve an understanding of the coupled optical effects associated with the sample, substrate properties, and microscopy configuration. Simulations provide guidance for developing experimental methods and future instrument design by quantifying distortions in the recorded data. Distortions are especially severe for transflection mode and for samples mounted on certain substrates. Last, the model generalizes to rigorously consider the effects of focusing. While spectral analyses range from examining gross spectral features to assessing subtle features using advanced chemometrics, the limitations imposed by these effects in the data acquisition on the information available are less clear. The distorting effects are shown to be larger than noise levels seen in modern spectrometers. Hence, the model provides a framework to quantify spectral distortions that may limit the accuracy of information or present confounding effects in microspectroscopy.
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- Brynmor J Davis
- Department of Bioengineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Schubert JM, Mazur AI, Bird B, Miljković M, Diem M. Single point vs. mapping approach for spectral cytopathology (SCP). JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2010; 3:588-96. [PMID: 20449833 PMCID: PMC3076557 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201000023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In this paper we describe the advantages of collecting infrared microspectral data in imaging mode opposed to point mode. Imaging data are processed using the PapMap algorithm, which co-adds pixel spectra that have been scrutinized for R-Mie scattering effects as well as other constraints. The signal-to-noise quality of PapMap spectra will be compared to point spectra for oral mucosa cells deposited onto low-e slides. Also the effects of software atmospheric correction will be discussed. Combined with the PapMap algorithm, data collection in imaging mode proves to be a superior method for spectral cytopathology.
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- Jennifer M. Schubert
- Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Severcan F, Bozkurt O, Gurbanov R, Gorgulu G. FT-IR spectroscopy in diagnosis of diabetes in rat animal model. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2010; 3:621-631. [PMID: 20575104 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201000016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In recent years, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy has had an increasingly important role in the field of pathology and diagnosis of disease states. In the current study, FT-IR spectroscopy together with cluster analysis were used as a diagnostic tool in the discrimination of diabetic samples from control ones in rat kidney plasma membrane apical sides (brush-border membranes), liver microsomal membranes and Extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and Soleus (SOL) skeletal muscle tissues. A variety of alterations in the spectral parameters, such as frequency and signal intensity/area was observed in diabetic tissues and membranes compared to the control samples. Based on these spectral variations, using cluster analysis successful differentiation between diabetic and control groups was obtained in different spectral regions. The results of this current study further revealed the power and sensitivity of FT-IR spectroscopy in precise and automated diagnosis of diabetes.
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- Feride Severcan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Kong R, Reddy RK, Bhargava R. Characterization of tumor progression in engineered tissue using infrared spectroscopic imaging. Analyst 2010; 135:1569-78. [PMID: 20498913 PMCID: PMC3030988 DOI: 10.1039/c0an00112k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Engineered tissues can provide models for imaging and disease progression and the use of such models is becoming increasingly prevalent. While structural characterization of these systems is documented, a combination of biochemical and structural knowledge is often helpful. Here, we apply Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging to examine an engineered tissue model of melanoma. We first characterize the biochemical properties and spectral changes in different layers of growing skin. Second, we introduce malignant melanocytes to simulate tumor formation and growth. Both cellular changes associated with tumor formation and growth can be observed. In particular, chemical changes associated with tumor-stromal interactions are observed during the course of tumor growth and appear to influence a 50-100 microm region. The development of this analytical approach combining engineered tissue with spectroscopy, imaging and computation will allow for quality control and standardization in tissue engineering and novel scientific insight in cancer progression.
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- Rong Kong
- Department of Bioengineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Zhang X, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Wang L, Hou C, Zhou X, Ling X, Xu Z. Intraoperative detection of thyroid carcinoma by fourier transform infrared spectrometry. J Surg Res 2010; 171:650-6. [PMID: 20828740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for distinguishing cancerous tissue from normal one. Our aim in this study was to establish tissue discriminant analysis for thyroid malignancy and benign samples intraoperatively using FTIR spectroscopy. METHODS Seventeen papillary thyroid cancer and 43 nodular goiter tissues were obtained and underwent FTIR spectroscopy scanning intraoperatively. Nine peak positions were identified and assigned. Peak position values and wave intensity ratios were measured in every single spectrum. Data of malignant and benign groups were compared and equations of canonical discriminant analysis were established. RESULTS Peak positions of P1640, P1240, P1550, and peak intensity ratios of I3375/I1460, I1640/I1460, I1400/I1460, I1550/I1080, I1080/I1460, and I1640/I1550 of thyroid papillary carcinoma group are significantly different from nodular goiter group. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy rate of the discriminants are 83.3%, 95.2%, and 91.67%, respectively. CONCLUSION FTIR spectroscopy technique in combination with canonical discriminant analysis method can achieve fast and accurate discrimination for malignant and benign thyroid nodules during operation.
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- Xiaoqing Zhang
- General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Della Ventura G, Bellatreccia F, Marcelli A, Cestelli Guidi M, Piccinini M, Cavallo A, Piochi M. Application of micro-FTIR imaging in the Earth sciences. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:2039-49. [PMID: 20506014 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3811-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2009] [Revised: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this paper we describe recent applications of micro-infrared imaging in the Earth sciences. We address, in particular, the use of Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in characterizing the zoning and speciation of H and C in a variety of geological materials, including microporous minerals, nominally anhydrous volcanic minerals (NAMs), and crystal inclusions. These investigations show that use of the modern techniques of FTIR imaging enables detection of the zoning of volatile species across the studied samples, and possible configuration changes of structurally-bound carbon molecular species (e.g., CO(2) vs CO(3)) during crystal growth. Such features, which are not accessible with other micro-analytical techniques, may provide information about the physicochemical properties which act as constraints in the genesis of the samples, and important information about the evolution of the geological system. Tests performed with focal-plane-array detectors (FPA) show that resolution close to the diffraction limit can be achieved if the amounts of the target molecules in the sample are substantially different. We also point out the possibility of using FTIR imaging for investigations under non-ambient conditions.
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- G Della Ventura
- Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy.
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Amigo JM. Practical issues of hyperspectral imaging analysis of solid dosage forms. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 398:93-109. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3828-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Revised: 05/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Davis BJ, Carney PS, Bhargava R. Theory of Mid-infrared Absorption Microspectroscopy: II. Heterogeneous Samples. Anal Chem 2010; 82:3487-99. [DOI: 10.1021/ac902068e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Brynmor J. Davis
- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Schultz ZD, Stranick SJ, Levin IW. Advantages and artifacts of higher order modes in nanoparticle-enhanced backscattering Raman imaging. Anal Chem 2010; 81:9657-63. [PMID: 19947663 DOI: 10.1021/ac901789w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In order to facilitate nanoparticle-enhanced Raman imaging of complicated biological specimens, we have examined the use of higher order modes with radial and azimuthal polarizations focused onto a Au nanoparticle atomic force microscope (AFM) tip utilizing a backscattering reflection configuration. When comparing the Raman intensity profiles with the observed sample topography, the radial-polarized configuration demonstrates enhanced spatial resolution. This enhanced resolution results from the direction of the induced electron oscillation in the metal nanoparticle oriented by the electromagnetic field at the laser focus. The electric field component along the direction of laser propagation, attendant to the radial polarization, creates an enhanced field along the z-axis and normal to the sample. Substantial enhancement is observed utilizing an intermediate numerical aperture objective (NA = 0.7), necessary for backscattering measurements. The azimuthal polarization, similar to linear polarization, results in an enhanced field predominantly parallel to the sample, resulting in imaging artifacts. The Raman intensity profiles observed as the exciting laser polarization is switched between either a radially polarized or an azimuthally polarized state illustrate these imaging artifacts. Because azimuthal polarization arises readily from changes in the incident polarization onto the mode converter, the results presented here aid in identifying such artifacts when analyzing nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopic images. Due to the power law decay of the enhanced field, an enhancement orientation normal to the sample enables contrast between structures smaller than the tip dimensions as the apex of the nanoparticle tip, where the enhancement is strongest, passes over the sample. These effects are demonstrated using both carbon nanotube and fixed biological samples.
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- Zachary D Schultz
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Sahu RK, Argov S, Walfisch S, Bogomolny E, Moreh R, Mordechai S. Prediction potential of IR-micro spectroscopy for colon cancer relapse. Analyst 2010; 135:538-44. [PMID: 20174707 DOI: 10.1039/b920926n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This study aimed to determine the potential of IR-spectroscopy to diagnose abnormality in histologically normal resection margins for predicting relapse in colon cancer patients. The present study evaluates potential abnormal crypt proliferation in histologically normal resection margins. Resection margins of 10 colon cancer patients (adenocarcinoma) (27 biopsies in all), found completely normal by standard histology were re-evaluated. Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FTIR-MSP) was performed on the longitudinal sections of the crypt, and spectral data collected from the base, middle and top portion of crypts. Absorbance in the region 900-1185 cm(-1) arising from carbohydrates and nucleic acids was found to be the most effective variate for such evaluation. In total 225 crypts were classified after assessing the levels of abnormality observed by the above technique. The abnormal biopsies detected using the above optical method was correlated with a relapse in the patient's history. Patients who had a relapse had at least one abnormal biopsy (crypt) based on the present methodology. Among the patients, the only case without a relapse was also the case where no abnormal crypts were found in any biopsies from the resection margins. The agreement between the biopsy status, as determined by the optical methodology, and the relapse of colonic malignancy based on the patients' medical files, establishes the translational nature of FTIR-MSP for medical purposes and hints at future clinical evaluation of the biopsies using this technique to determine more precisely the zone of excision during anastomosis.
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- Ranjit K Sahu
- Department of Physics and the Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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Performance evaluation of mapping and linear imaging FTIR microspectroscopy for the characterisation of paint cross sections. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 396:899-910. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3269-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 10/24/2009] [Accepted: 10/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hook AL, Anderson DG, Langer R, Williams P, Davies MC, Alexander MR. High throughput methods applied in biomaterial development and discovery. Biomaterials 2009; 31:187-98. [PMID: 19815273 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The high throughput discovery of new bio materials can be achieved by rapidly screening many different materials synthesised by a combinatorial approach to identify the optimal composition that fulfils a particular biomedical application. Here we review the literature in this area and conclude that for polymers this process is best achieved in a microarray format, which enable thousands of cell-material interactions to be monitored on a single chip. Polymer microarrays can be formed by printing pre-synthesised polymers or by printing monomers onto the chip where on-slide polymerisation is initiated. The surface properties of the material can be analysed and correlated to the biological performance using high throughput surface analysis, including time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and water contact angle (WCA) measurements. This approach enables the surface properties responsible for the success of a material to be understood, which in turn provides the foundations of future material design. The high throughput discovery of materials using polymer microarrays has been explored for many cell-based applications including the isolation of specific cells from heterogeneous populations, the attachment and differentiation of stem cells and the controlled transfection of cells. Further development of polymerisation techniques and high throughput biological assays amenable to the polymer microarray format will broaden the combinatorial space and biological phenomenon that polymer microarrays can explore, and increase their efficacy. This will, in turn, facilitate the discovery of optimised polymeric materials for many biomaterial applications.
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- Andrew L Hook
- Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Yang S, Cho M. Direct calculations of vibrational absorption and circular dichroism spectra of alanine dipeptide analog in water: Quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical molecular dynamics simulations. J Chem Phys 2009; 131:135102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3243078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Nasse MJ, Ratti S, Giordano M, Hirschmugl CJ. Demountable liquid/flow cell for in vivo infrared microspectroscopy of biological specimens. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 63:1181-1186. [PMID: 19843370 DOI: 10.1366/000370209789553101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We have developed a liquid/flow cell/chamber allowing infrared measurements of living biological specimens with high spatial resolution under a controlled aqueous environment. This flow chamber features sub-micrometer thick diamond windows exhibiting low spherical and chromatic aberrations. Diamond has excellent transmission properties and minimal dispersion over the entire mid-infrared and visible spectral ranges. In contrast to current commercially available infrared liquid chambers, the flow chamber has a slim profile, which accommodates high resolution/magnification microscope objectives with small working distances, down to 0.6 mm above the chamber and 6 mm below the flow chamber. We have coupled a pump to the flow chamber to provide medium exchange. As an example, we present microspectroscopic infrared maps and spectra of the freshwater green alga Micrasterias sp. in the new flow chamber and compare them to maps obtained with a conventional liquid chamber. Pulse-amplitude-modulated fluorescence measurements on Micrasterias sp. cells inside the new flow chamber have been evaluated to demonstrate the viability of the algal cells.
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- M J Nasse
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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Berthomieu C, Hienerwadel R. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 101:157-170. [PMID: 19513810 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9439-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy probes the vibrational properties of amino acids and cofactors, which are sensitive to minute structural changes. The lack of specificity of this technique, on the one hand, permits us to probe directly the vibrational properties of almost all the cofactors, amino acid side chains, and of water molecules. On the other hand, we can use reaction-induced FTIR difference spectroscopy to select vibrations corresponding to single chemical groups involved in a specific reaction. Various strategies are used to identify the IR signatures of each residue of interest in the resulting reaction-induced FTIR difference spectra. (Specific) Isotope labeling, site-directed mutagenesis, hydrogen/deuterium exchange are often used to identify the chemical groups. Studies on model compounds and the increasing use of theoretical chemistry for normal modes calculations allow us to interpret the IR frequencies in terms of specific structural characteristics of the chemical group or molecule of interest. This review presents basics of FTIR spectroscopy technique and provides specific important structural and functional information obtained from the analysis of the data from the photosystems, using this method.
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- Catherine Berthomieu
- Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Protéine Métal, DSV/Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, CNRS-CEA-Université Aix-Marseille II, Saint Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France.
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Carter EA, Tam KK, Armstrong RS, Lay PA. Vibrational spectroscopic mapping and imaging of tissues and cells. Biophys Rev 2009; 1:95-103. [PMID: 28509988 PMCID: PMC5418372 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-009-0012-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Revised: 05/09/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Vibrational spectroscopic mapping (point-by-point measurement) and imaging of biological samples (cells and tissues) covering Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopies has opened up many exciting new avenues to explore biochemical architecture and processes within healthy and diseased cells and tissues, including medical diagnostics and drug design.
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- Elizabeth A Carter
- Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- Analytical Technologies Division-Biolab (Aust) Pty Ltd, 5 Caribbean Drive Scoresby, 3179, Victoria, Australia
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- Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Bhargava R, Schwartz Perlman R, Fernandez DC, Levin IW, Bartick EG. Non-invasive detection of superimposed latent fingerprints and inter-ridge trace evidence by infrared spectroscopic imaging. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 394:2069-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2817-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Everall NJ, Priestnall IM, Clarke F, Jayes L, Poulter G, Coombs D, George MW. Preliminary investigations into macroscopic attenuated total reflection-fourier transform infrared imaging of intact spherical domains: spatial resolution and image distortion. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 63:313-320. [PMID: 19281647 DOI: 10.1366/000370209787598951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This paper describes preliminary investigations into the spatial resolution of macro attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) imaging and the distortions that arise when imaging intact, convex domains, using spheres as an extreme example. The competing effects of shallow evanescent wave penetration and blurring due to finite spatial resolution meant that spheres within the range 20-140 microm all appeared to be approximately the same size ( approximately 30-35 microm) when imaged with a numerical aperture (NA) of approximately 0.2. A very simple model was developed that predicted this extreme insensitivity to particle size. On the basis of these studies, it is anticipated that ATR imaging at this NA will be insensitive to the size of intact highly convex objects. A higher numerical aperture device should give a better estimate of the size of small spheres, owing to superior spatial resolution, but large spheres should still appear undersized due to the shallow sampling depth. An estimate of the point spread function (PSF) was required in order to develop and apply the model. The PSF was measured by imaging a sharp interface; assuming an Airy profile, the PSF width (distance from central maximum to first minimum) was estimated to be approximately 20 and 30 microm for IR bands at 1600 and 1000 cm(-1), respectively. This work has two significant limitations. First, underestimation of domain size only arises when imaging intact convex objects; if surfaces are prepared that randomly and representatively section through domains, the images can be analyzed to calculate parameters such as domain size, area, and volume. Second, the model ignores reflection and refraction and assumes weak absorption; hence, the predicted intensity profiles are not expected to be accurate; they merely give a rough estimate of the apparent sphere size. Much further work is required to place the field of quantitative ATR-FT-IR imaging on a sound basis.
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- Neil J Everall
- Intertek-MSG, The Wilton Centre, Wilton, Redcar, TS104RF, United Kingdom.
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Goff KL, Quaroni L, Wilson KE. Measurement of metabolite formation in single living cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using synchrotron Fourier-Transform Infrared spectromicroscopy. Analyst 2009; 134:2216-9. [DOI: 10.1039/b915810c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Schultz ZD, Stranick SJ, Levin IW. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and imaging: an apical illumination geometry. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2008; 62:1173-9. [PMID: 19007457 PMCID: PMC2692970 DOI: 10.1366/000370208786401635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Results are presented illustrating the use of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and imaging in a top-illumination geometry. A radially polarized beam is used to generate an electric field component in the direction of beam propagation, normal to the surface, resulting in a 5x increased enhancement compared to a linearly polarized beam. This multiplicative enhancement facilitates a discrimination of the near-field signal from the far-field Raman background. The top illumination configuration facilitates the application of TERS for investigating molecules on a variety of surfaces, such as Au, glass, and Si. The near-field Raman spectra of Si(100), rhodamine B, brilliant cresyl blue, and single wall carbon nanotubes are presented. Sufficient enhancement is obtained to permit a sub-diffraction-limited resolution Raman imaging of the surface distribution of large bundles of carbon nanotubes of various diameters.
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- Zachary D. Schultz
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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Bird B, Miljkovic M, Romeo MJ, Smith J, Stone N, George MW, Diem M. Infrared micro-spectral imaging: distinction of tissue types in axillary lymph node histology. BMC Clin Pathol 2008; 8:8. [PMID: 18759967 PMCID: PMC2532687 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-8-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 08/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Histopathologic evaluation of surgical specimens is a well established technique for disease identification, and has remained relatively unchanged since its clinical introduction. Although it is essential for clinical investigation, histopathologic identification of tissues remains a time consuming and subjective technique, with unsatisfactory levels of inter- and intra-observer discrepancy. A novel approach for histological recognition is to use Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) micro-spectroscopy. This non-destructive optical technique can provide a rapid measurement of sample biochemistry and identify variations that occur between healthy and diseased tissues. The advantage of this method is that it is objective and provides reproducible diagnosis, independent of fatigue, experience and inter-observer variability. Methods We report a method for analysing excised lymph nodes that is based on spectral pathology. In spectral pathology, an unstained (fixed or snap frozen) tissue section is interrogated by a beam of infrared light that samples pixels of 25 μm × 25 μm in size. This beam is rastered over the sample, and up to 100,000 complete infrared spectra are acquired for a given tissue sample. These spectra are subsequently analysed by a diagnostic computer algorithm that is trained by correlating spectral and histopathological features. Results We illustrate the ability of infrared micro-spectral imaging, coupled with completely unsupervised methods of multivariate statistical analysis, to accurately reproduce the histological architecture of axillary lymph nodes. By correlating spectral and histopathological features, a diagnostic algorithm was trained that allowed both accurate and rapid classification of benign and malignant tissues composed within different lymph nodes. This approach was successfully applied to both deparaffinised and frozen tissues and indicates that both intra-operative and more conventional surgical specimens can be diagnosed by this technique. Conclusion This paper provides strong evidence that automated diagnosis by means of infrared micro-spectral imaging is possible. Recent investigations within the author's laboratory upon lymph nodes have also revealed that cancers from different primary tumours provide distinctly different spectral signatures. Thus poorly differentiated and hard-to-determine cases of metastatic invasion, such as micrometastases, may additionally be identified by this technique. Finally, we differentiate benign and malignant tissues composed within axillary lymph nodes by completely automated methods of spectral analysis.
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- Benjamin Bird
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
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Krafft C, Codrich D, Pelizzo G, Sergo V. Raman and FTIR microscopic imaging of colon tissue: a comparative study. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2008; 1:154-69. [PMID: 19343646 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200710005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Colon tissue constitutes a valid model for the comparative analysis of soft tissue by Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging because it contains four major tissue types such as muscle tissue, connective tissue, epithelium and nerve cells. Raman microscopic images were recorded in the mapping mode using 785 nm laser excitation and a step size of 10 microm from three regions within a thin section that encompassed mucus, mucosa, submucosa, and longitudinal and circular muscle layers. FTIR microscopic images that were composed of 4, 8 and 9 individual images of 4096 spectra each were recorded from the same regions using a FTIR spectrometer coupled to a microscope with a focal plane array detector. Furthermore, Raman microscopic images were recorded at a step size of 2.5 microm from three ganglia that belong to the myenteric plexus. The results are discussed with respect to lateral resolution, spectral resolution, acquisition time and sensitivity of both modalities.
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Wang L, Mizaikoff B. Application of multivariate data-analysis techniques to biomedical diagnostics based on mid-infrared spectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 2008; 391:1641-54. [PMID: 18379763 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-008-1989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The objective of this contribution is to review the application of advanced multivariate data-analysis techniques in the field of mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopic biomedical diagnosis. MIR spectroscopy is a powerful chemical analysis tool for detecting biomedically relevant constituents such as DNA/RNA, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, etc., and even diseases or disease progression that may induce changes in the chemical composition or structure of biological systems including cells, tissues, and bio-fluids. However, MIR spectra of multiple constituents are usually characterized by strongly overlapping spectral features reflecting the complexity of biological samples. Consequently, MIR spectra of biological samples are frequently difficult to interpret by simple data-analysis techniques. Hence, with increasing complexity of the sample matrix more sophisticated mathematical and statistical data analysis routines are required for deconvoluting spectroscopic data and for providing useful results from information-rich spectroscopic signals. A large body of work relates to the combination of multivariate data-analysis techniques with MIR spectroscopy, and has been applied by a variety of research groups to biomedically relevant areas such as cancer detection and analysis, artery diseases, biomarkers, and other pathologies. The reported results indeed reveal a promising perspective for more widespread application of multivariate data analysis in assisting MIR spectroscopy as a screening or diagnostic tool in biomedical research and clinical studies. While the authors do not mean to ignore any relevant contributions to biomedical analysis across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, they confine the discussion in this contribution to the mid-infrared spectral range as a potentially very useful, yet underutilized frequency region. Selected representative examples without claiming completeness will demonstrate a range of biomedical diagnostic applications with particular emphasis on the advantageous interaction between multivariate data analysis and MIR spectroscopy.
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- Liqun Wang
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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Park K, Lee J, Bhargava R, King WP. Routine femtogram-level chemical analyses using vibrational spectroscopy and self-cleaning scanning probe microscopy tips. Anal Chem 2008; 80:3221-8. [PMID: 18366192 DOI: 10.1021/ac702423c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Simultaneous structural and chemical characterization of materials at the nanoscale is both an immediate need and an ongoing challenge. This article reports a route to address this need, which can be rapidly adopted by practitioners, by combining the benefits of widely available scanning probe microscopy and vibrational microspectrometry. In an atomic force microscope (AFM), the probe tip can provide a nanoscale topographic image. Here, we use a temperature-controlled probe tip to selectively acquire an analyte from a specified location and determine its mass in a thermogravimetric manner. The tip is then analyzed via complementary Raman and Fourier transform infrared microspectrometers, providing a molecular characterization of samples down to the femtogram level in minutes. The probe can be self-cleaned and employed for repeated use by rapidly heating it to vaporize the analyte. By combining the established analytical modalities of AFM and vibrational spectrometry, a complete physical and molecular characterization of nanoscale domains is possible: mass determination is facile, thermal analyses can be integrated on the probe, and the obtained spectral data can be related to existing knowledge bases.
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- Keunhan Park
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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Sorber J, Steiner G, Schulz V, Guenther M, Gerlach G, Salzer R, Arndt KF. Hydrogel-Based Piezoresistive pH Sensors: Investigations Using FT-IR Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopic Imaging. Anal Chem 2008; 80:2957-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac702598n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joerg Sorber
- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Solid-State Electronics, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, and Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden University of Technology, 01062 Dresden, Germany, and Clinical Sensoring and Monitoring, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Phillips MC, Ho N. Infrared hyperspectral imaging using a broadly tunable external cavity quantum cascade laser and microbolometer focal plane array. OPTICS EXPRESS 2008; 16:1836-45. [PMID: 18542262 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.001836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A versatile mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging system is demonstrated by combining a broadly tunable external cavity quantum cascade laser and a microbolometer focal plane array. The tunable midinfrared laser provided high brightness illumination over a tuning range from 985 cm(-1) to 1075 cm(-1) (9.30-10.15 mum). Hypercubes containing images at 300 wavelengths separated by 0.3 cm(-1) were obtained in 12 s. High spectral resolution chemical imaging of methanol vapor was demonstrated for both static and dynamic systems. The system was also used to image and characterize multiple component liquid and solid samples.
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- Mark C Phillips
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
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von Vacano B, Motzkus M. Time-resolving molecular vibration for microanalytics: single laser beam nonlinear Raman spectroscopy in simulation and experiment. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:681-91. [DOI: 10.1039/b715391k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tan ST, Chen K, Ong S, Chew W. Utilization of spectral vector properties in multivariate chemometrics analysis of hyperspectral infrared imaging data for cellular studies. Analyst 2008; 133:1395-408. [DOI: 10.1039/b718458a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Histological mapping of biochemical changes in solid tumors by FT-IR spectral imaging. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:5469-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Revised: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wang TD, Triadafilopoulos G, Crawford JM, Dixon LR, Bhandari T, Sahbaie P, Friedland S, Soetikno R, Contag CH. Detection of endogenous biomolecules in Barrett's esophagus by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:15864-9. [PMID: 17901200 PMCID: PMC2000401 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707567104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy provides a unique molecular fingerprint of tissue from endogenous sources of light absorption; however, specific molecular components of the overall FTIR signature of precancer have not been characterized. In attenuated total reflectance mode, infrared light penetrates only a few microns of the tissue surface, and the influence of water on the spectra can be minimized, allowing for the analyses of the molecular composition of tissues. Here, spectra were collected from 98 excised specimens of the distal esophagus, including 38 squamous, 38 intestinal metaplasia (Barrett's), and 22 gastric, obtained endoscopically from 32 patients. We show that DNA, protein, glycogen, and glycoprotein comprise the principal sources of infrared absorption in the 950- to 1,800-cm(-1) regime. The concentrations of these biomolecules can be quantified by using a partial least-squares fit and used to classify disease states with high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. Moreover, use of FTIR to detect premalignant (dysplastic) mucosa results in a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and total accuracy of 92%, 80%, 92%, and 89%, respectively, and leads to a better interobserver agreement between two gastrointestinal pathologists for dysplasia (kappa = 0.72) versus histology alone (kappa = 0.52). Here, we demonstrate that the concentration of specific biomolecules can be determined from the FTIR spectra collected in attenuated total reflectance mode and can be used for predicting the underlying histopathology, which will contribute to the early detection and rapid staging of many diseases.
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- Thomas D Wang
- Division of Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Bhargava R. Towards a practical Fourier transform infrared chemical imaging protocol for cancer histopathology. Anal Bioanal Chem 2007; 389:1155-69. [PMID: 17786414 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-007-1511-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) chemical imaging is a strongly emerging technology that is being increasingly applied to examine tissues in a high-throughput manner. The resulting data quality and quantity have permitted several groups to provide evidence for applicability to cancer pathology. It is critical to understand, however, that an integrated approach with optimal data acquisition, classification, and validation is necessary to realize practical protocols that can be translated to the clinic. Here, we first review the development of technology relevant to clinical translation of FTIR imaging for cancer pathology. The role of each component in this approach is discussed separately by quantitative analysis of the effects of changing parameters on the classification results. We focus on the histology of prostate tissue to illustrate factors in developing a practical protocol for automated histopathology. Next, we demonstrate how these protocols can be used to analyze the effect of experimental parameters on prediction accuracy by analyzing the effects of varying spatial resolution, spectral resolution, and signal to noise ratio. Classification accuracy is shown to depend on the signal to noise ratio of recorded data, while depending only weakly on spectral resolution.
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- Rohit Bhargava
- Department of Bioengineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Garidel P, Boese M. Mid infrared microspectroscopic mapping and imaging: a bio-analytical tool for spatially and chemically resolved tissue characterization and evaluation of drug permeation within tissues. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:336-49. [PMID: 17262783 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The combination of the two classical biophysical methods, microscopy and infrared spectroscopy, has led to the development of a potent analytical technology termed infrared microspectroscopy. It combines high lateral resolution as obtained by microscopy and the chemical identification of the sample components by infrared spectroscopy. The two approaches mainly utilized in microspectroscopy are the mapping and the imaging techniques, which are introduced and presented. Especially, since the development of so called focal plane array detectors, which are implemented in the imaging methods (microspectroscopic imaging) has become a promising bio-analytical tool for ultrastructural medical diagnostics, due to the fact that the time required for analyzing a sample has been reduced dramatically and the lateral resolution improved to approximately 4 microm. Mid infrared microscopy allows a direct access to spatially resolved molecular and structural information of the analyzed area. The image contrast is generated on the basis of the tissue's intrinsic biochemical composition. The current investigation shows how mid infrared microspectroscopic mapping and imaging is used for the bio-analytical characterization and identification of specific molecular components of a tissue sample at high lateral resolution of a few microns (approaching the mid infrared diffraction limit). Furthermore, the potential of these methods for monitoring the penetration and distribution of drugs within biological tissues are presented. Due to the fact, that mid infrared microspectroscopy is a noninvasive, nondestructive technique for the analyzed sample, requiring no complicated and time consuming staining procedures, it is a convenient method for histological and pathological investigations, allowing the generation of a huge amount of biochemical information not yet available with other nonvibrational techniques. The strength of the presented microscopic technique is the fact that the infrared images are directly comparable to outcomes of classical histological staining procedures and can be interpreted by nonspectroscopists.
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- Patrick Garidel
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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