Why is Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Used? One of the main techniques for evaluating the optical properties of materials is optical absorption spectroscopy, or UV-vis spectroscopy. Most absorption ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5, 2014 – As thousands of vacationers hit the beach this summer, many of them will expose their unprotected bare limbs to direct UV sunlight, potentially putting them at risk ...

Montreal, June 28, 2017 – Patients with common widespread forms of cancer will enjoy longer life expectancy and reduced risk of recurrence thanks to a multimodal optical spectroscopy probe developed ...

Experimental DRS setup. (Courtesy: S Dadgar et al J. Biomed. Opt. 23 067001/CC BY 3.0). Tumour hypoxia is associated with poor clinical outcome following radiation or chemotherapy in cancer patients.

A project at Russia's Orel State University has developed an optical technique for identification of liver carcinomas that should be suitable for use in needle biopsies. "The instrument is designed to ...

The basics of fiber optic cables and bundles and how they can be used to collect and direct light are discussed in ‘An Introduction to a Spectrometer: Fiber Optic Bundles’. This article will discuss ...

art photonics GmbH is proud to announce a new product – NIRman Combi fiber probe, which opens up new perspectives and significantly expanded the capabilities of fiber spectroscopy. Raman and NIR ...

Machine generated contents note: About the Editors xixList of Contributors xxiPreface xxvSECTION I: INTRODUCTION 11 Introduction and scope 31.1 Historical prologue 31.2 The application of infrared ...