System and method for measuring, storing, collating, and displaying vibrational spectra of living cells and tissue using digital comparative precision noise reduction

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for measuring vibrational spectra of living cells and conducting comparative precision noise reduction (CPNR). A system according to some embodiments can include at least one photon source configured to generate a first photon beam that passes through living objects in medium and a second photon beam that passes through a reference medium. Detectors can be configured to produce first and second analog signals representative of the vibrational spectra of the objects and the noise spectra of the reference medium. At least one analog-to-digital converter can be configured to convert the first and second analog signals into first and second digital representations. At least one processor can be configured to define one or more reference events from the second digital representation, identify one or more very similar matching events from the first digital representation, and remove matching events from the first digital representation data.