ANALYSIS OF GALLSTONES BY INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY - ADVANTAGES AND LIMITS OF THE METHOD

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 36  (6) , 475-489
Abstract
Numerous clinicians criticize the insufficiency of the analysis calculi by the usual clinical methods and thus frequently avoid prescribing such as examination. A physical method, infrared spectrophotometry has been developed for the qualitative and semi-quantitative determination of the composition of stones of all origins. The heterogeneous structure of the stones and the importance which they attribute to differential analysis by separate zones during careful dissection are stressed. The differentiation of a few crystalline structures and the study of complex mixtures are dealt with in the form of characteristic IR spectra. The advantages and limits of the method compared with other techniques of analysis are discussed.

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