Synchrotron FTIR Imaging For The Identification Of Cell Types Within Human Tissues

The use of synchrotron Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (S‐FTIR) has been shown to be a very promising tool for biomedical research. S‐FTIR spectroscopy allows for the fast acquisition of infrared (IR) spectra at a spatial resolution approaching the IR diffraction limit. The development of the Infrared Environmental Imaging (IRENI) beamline at the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison has allowed for diffraction limited imaging measurements of cells in human prostate and breast tissues. This has allowed for the identification of cell types within tissues that would otherwise not have been resolvable using conventional FTIR sources.