John R. Kramer1, Ramachandra R. Dasari2
& Michael S. Feld2
1Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195-5066, USA
2George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA
Rapid advances in the science of spectroscopy are leading to new methods for the diagnostic imaging of human disease.
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