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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Jason Neiss, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew P. Nelson, Harrison City, PA (US);
Patrick Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Schweitzer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jason Neiss, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew P. Nelson, Harrison City, PA (US);
Patrick Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Schweitzer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
ChemImage Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multimodal spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy for entities in a sample which exhibit one or more optical properties characteristic of a hazardous agent are disclosed. Devices and systems suitable for performing such methods are also disclosed.