Biological applications of synchrotron radiation infrared spectromicroscopy

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1390-1404

  Marcelli, Augusto ^a   Cricenti, Antonio ^b   Kwiatek, Wojciech M ^c   Petibois, Cyril ^d  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Imaging; Infrared; Microscopy; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; BIO-SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CELL IMAGING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL IMAGING; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FORWARD-IMAGING; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INFRARED BEAMS; INFRARED SPECTROMICROSCOPY; IR MICROSCOPE; IR SOURCE; IR SPECTRUM; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; MOLECULAR MAPS; MOLECULAR MARKER; MOLECULAR SIGNALS; NONTHERMAL; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CELLS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBMICRON RESOLUTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE; THICK SAMPLES; TIME DOMAIN; TISSUE IMAGING;

DIFFRACTION; FADING (RADIO); FREE ELECTRON LASERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SPECTROMETERS; TISSUE;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

BIOMARKER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIFFRACTION; IMAGING METHOD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFRARED RAYS; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 84867705849     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.02.012     Document Type: Review

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