Raman Spectroscopy Compared to Flow Cytometry

Raman spectroscopy is proposed as a potential technique for MRD measurement, which is based on the inelastic scattering of light that occurs when it interacts with matter, causing optical scattering, where a portion of the radiation changes its wavelength (by Raman effect). By analyzing the inelastically scattered light, we can obtain a Raman spectrum formed by the intensity of the scattered light as a function of its vibration frequency, thus obtaining information about the biochemical composition of a biological sample.