Abstract

We have designed and developed a new UV resonance Raman spectroscopy system for study of biological macromolecules, cells and tissues. The excitation light light is provided by argon ion pumped Ti:sapphire laser which operate at 76 Mhz repettion rate. The tunable output in the range 700-900 nm is frequency doubled, tripled or quadrupled using either BBO or LBO crystal in CSK Quadtripler to generate output in the wavlength range below 300 nm. A 1 meter spectrometer disperses the Raman signal and detected by UV enhnaced CCD detector. The two entrance slits in the spectrometer allows opeartion of macro sampling and microsampling using UV microscope. The microscope system is equipped with all UV optical components and reflecting objectives. The system has been used record preliminary data from colon tissues.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
2P41RR002594-11
Application #
5224209
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
11
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Publications

Shih, Wei-Chuan; Bechtel, Kate L; Rebec, Mihailo V (2015) Noninvasive glucose sensing by transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy. J Biomed Opt 20:051036
Dudzik, Jonathan; Chang, Wen-Chi; Kannan, A M et al. (2013) Cross-linked glucose oxidase clusters for biofuel cell anode catalysts. Biofabrication 5:035009
Sathyavathi, R; Dingari, Narahara Chari; Barman, Ishan et al. (2013) Raman spectroscopy provides a powerful, rapid diagnostic tool for the detection of tuberculous meningitis in ex vivo cerebrospinal fluid samples. J Biophotonics 6:567-72
Dingari, Narahara Chari; Barman, Ishan; Saha, Anushree et al. (2013) Development and comparative assessment of Raman spectroscopic classification algorithms for lesion discrimination in stereotactic breast biopsies with microcalcifications. J Biophotonics 6:371-81
Cooper, Kimberly L; Oh, Seungeun; Sung, Yongjin et al. (2013) Multiple phases of chondrocyte enlargement underlie differences in skeletal proportions. Nature 495:375-8
Sung, Yongjin; Tzur, Amit; Oh, Seungeun et al. (2013) Size homeostasis in adherent cells studied by synthetic phase microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:16687-92
Lau, Condon; Mirkovic, Jelena; Yu, Chung-Chieh et al. (2013) Early detection of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in the cervix with quantitative spectroscopic imaging. J Biomed Opt 18:76013
Soares, Jaqueline S; Barman, Ishan; Dingari, Narahara Chari et al. (2013) Diagnostic power of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for targeted detection of breast lesions with microcalcifications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:471-6
Barman, Ishan; Dingari, Narahara Chari; Kang, Jeon Woong et al. (2012) Raman spectroscopy-based sensitive and specific detection of glycated hemoglobin. Anal Chem 84:2474-82
Kalashnikov, Maxim; Choi, Wonshik; Hunter, Martin et al. (2012) Assessing the contribution of cell body and intracellular organelles to the backward light scattering. Opt Express 20:816-26

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