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A study of the chemical composition of renal stones is important for understanding their etiology. And the therapy for the stone disease is usually based on the analysis of calculi, permitting a porper management of the disease and the prevention of its recurrence. FTIR spectroscopy has been used for urinary stones analysis. The routine, easy and rapid measurements give unambiguous information about the stone composition. Especially a precise wavelength scale of the Fourier method is helpful here. A relatively good spatial resolution is important as very often the stones are composed of core and various layers of different chemical composition. A quantitative determination of the proportion of various materials in calculi is also possible.
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Paluszkiewicz, C., Ściesiński, J. & Gałka, M. Analysis of renal stones by FTIR spectroscopy. Mikrochim Acta 94, 45–48 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01205835
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