Prediction of Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Based on Tissue Raman Spectroscopy

"Spectral measurements of blood serum were performed on a silver nanoparticle substrate. Each 1.5 μL serum sample was applied to a substrate with a layer of silver nanoparticles and dried . The spectral characteristics of serum were analyzed using an experimental bench consisting of a spectrometric system and a microscope . The spectra were excited by laser module with a center wavelength of 785 nm. Each of the obtained spectra was a discrete set of 1700 parameters .~For skin Raman spectroscopy an experimental portable RS system was used, including a 785 nm diode laser , a portable commercially available Raman probe to filter the collected scattered radiation, and a portable spectrometer (QE65Pro, Ocean optics, Florida, USA). The scattered radiation was collected from the upper 1 to 2 mm thick skin layer. The Raman spectral range was 780-1000 nm with resolution of 0.2 nm. Each spectrum was recorded at an exposure time of 20 seconds with three-fold accumulation."