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Multimodal method for identifying hazardous agents

  • US 7,532,320 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2004
  • Issued: 05/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assessing occurrence of a pathogen in a sample that comprises multiple entities, the method comprising assessing a first optical property of the entities, wherein the first optical property is characteristic of the pathogen, selecting only an entity exhibiting the first optical property and thereafter performing an assessment of Raman-shifted radiation scattered by the selected entity, wherein one or more entities failing to exhibit said first optical property are excluded from said assessment wherein exhibition of a Raman scattering property characteristic of the pathogen by the selected entity is indicative that the pathogen occurs in the sample.

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