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摘要
The benefits of all attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging approach for kidney biopsy analysis are described. Biopsy sections collected from kidney-stone formers are analyzed at the initial stages of stone development to provide insights into stone growth and formation. The majority of tissue analysis currently conducted with IR microspectroscopy is performed with a transflection method. The research presented in this manuscript demonstrates that ATR overcomes man), or the disadvantages of transflection or transmission measurements for tissue analysis :including an elimination of spectral artifacts. When kidney biopsies with small mineral inclusions are analyzed with a transflection approach, specular reflection and the Christiansen effect (anomalous dispersion) call occur, leading to spectral artifacts. Another effect specific to the analysis of mineral inclusions present ill kidney biopsies is known as the reststrahlen effect whereby the inclusions become strong reflectors near all absorption hand. ATR eliminates these effects by immersing the sample in a high index medium. Additionally, the focused beam size for ATR is decreased by a factor of four when a germanium internal reflection element is used, allowing the acquisition of spectra from small mineral inclusions several micrometers in diameter. If quantitative analysis of small mineral inclusions is ultimately desired, ATR provides the photometrically accurate spectra necessary for quantification.
- 出版日期2010-1
