國家同步輻射研究中心之紅外顯微術實驗站是利用同步輻射加速器偏轉磁鐵光源建立的紅外光束線實驗站,提供可達中紅外光區繞射極限8-10μm之空間解析的光譜影像分析,並提供材料科學、醫學診斷及半導體製程應用的光譜影像分析。在本文中,我們利用同步輻射紅外顯微術研究包埋於石蠟之人類正常及癌化結腸切片組織的紅外吸收光譜影像。結果顯示癌化組織之amide Ⅰ及amide Ⅱ的紅外吸收強度高於正常組織,而DNA之吸收強度則相對較弱。
The infrared microspectroscopy beamline at the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) has been adapted to provide intense collimated radiation for a mid-infrared microscope. Infrared microscope with high brightness synchrotron radiation has greatly improved the spatial resolution of this technique by allowing high quality spectra to be collected from samples whose size is approaching the diffraction limit for this wavelength of light, typical 8-10μm. In this study, the infrared spectral images of colorectal tissue showed that the absorbance of amide bands for normal tissues was much lower than that of the malignant tissue. The decrease in absorbance of phosphate of DNA was found in malignant tissue.