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Raman spectral analysis of pathogens

  • US 7,428,045 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2005
  • Issued: 09/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of assessing occurrence of a pathogen in a sample, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a visual microscopic image of the sample, wherein the visual microscopic image includes morphological and structural information representative of the sample;

    irradiating the sample to thereby generate Raman scattered radiation; and

    identifying the occurrence of the pathogen in the sample by assessing the morphological and structural information for characteristics of the pathogen and the Raman scattered radiation from the sample for radiation that exhibits a Raman shift characteristic of the pathogen.

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