Application of Vibrational Spectroscopy in Biology and Medicine. Breath Analysis
Alexander Apolonski,
Susmita Roy,
Renée Lampe,
Kiran Sankar Maiti
Affiliations
Alexander Apolonski
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Susmita Roy
Research Unit of the Buhl-Strohmaier Foundation for Cerebral Palsy and Paediatric Neuroorthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, D-81675, Munich, Germany
Renée Lampe
Research Unit of the Buhl-Strohmaier Foundation for Cerebral Palsy and Paediatric Neuroorthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, D-81675, Munich, Germany
Kiran Sankar Maiti
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Vibrational spectroscopy is a powerful technique to study the molecular structure and dynamics. It has a great promise to use for medical diagnosis. It is already proved that volatile organic compound contain in breath, reflect the internal chemistry of the body. However, due to the lack of reliable investigation technique, identification and quantification of those molecules are not reached to clinically acceptable parameter. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) based vibrational spectroscopy has been used to investigate the breath sample. Molecular identification based component analysis of breath sample is proposed.
