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Optical Spectroscopy for Biomedical Diagnosis

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In the last few decades there has been a remarkable growth in the development of optical spectroscopic techniques for in situ, sensitive, minimally invasive diagnosis. In this article we provide an overview of the field and highlight some representative applications. Special emphasis has been placed on the use of optical spectroscopic techniques for non-invasive diagnosis of cancer where a significant amount of work has been carried out in the country.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Prof. Santhosh Chidangil (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal), Dr. R S Jayasree (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum), Dr. C M Krishna (Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Mumbai), Prof. A. Pradhan (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Dr. N. Subhash (Sascan Meditech Pvt Ltd, Bangalore)), Prof. M. Pradhan (SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata), for providing inputs on their work. Authors would also like to thank Sh. H. S. Patel (Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore) for his inputs and for a careful reading of the manuscript.

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Swami, M.K., Gupta, P.K. Optical Spectroscopy for Biomedical Diagnosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. 88, 453–460 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-018-0519-1

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