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Raman spectroscopy method could diagnose bone diseases noninvasively

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A team of researchers from University College London (UCL; London, England), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC; Swindon, Wiltshire, England), and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH; also in London) used a Raman spectroscopy method that could enable doctors to identify bone diseases such as osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfecta (OI, known as brittle bone disease) without having to use invasive diagnostic methods or exposing patients to radiation associated with current x-ray techniques.

Related: FTIR spectroscopy helps predict bone density, fracture risk

This research has, for the first time, enabled detection of OI (a genetic disease) by simply scanning a patient's limbs. Until now, bone diseases have been diagnosed through x-rays, history of fractures, and other clinical symptoms and, in the case of OI, genetic testing.

http://www.bioopticsworld.com/articles/2014/12/raman-spectroscopy-method-could-diagnose-bone-diseases-noninvasively.html

Period2/12/2014

A team of researchers from University College London (UCL; London, England), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC; Swindon, Wiltshire, England), and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH; also in London) used a Raman spectroscopy method that could enable doctors to identify bone diseases such as osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfecta (OI, known as brittle bone disease) without having to use invasive diagnostic methods or exposing patients to radiation associated with current x-ray techniques.

Related: FTIR spectroscopy helps predict bone density, fracture risk

This research has, for the first time, enabled detection of OI (a genetic disease) by simply scanning a patient's limbs. Until now, bone diseases have been diagnosed through x-rays, history of fractures, and other clinical symptoms and, in the case of OI, genetic testing.

http://www.bioopticsworld.com/articles/2014/12/raman-spectroscopy-method-could-diagnose-bone-diseases-noninvasively.html

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TitleRaman spectroscopy method could diagnose bone diseases noninvasively
Media name/outletBioOptics World
Date2/12/14
Producer/AuthorLee Dubay
PersonsJemma Kerns