UV-VIS Spectroscopy in the Clinic – What’s Stopping It?

Imaging techniques using UV-VIS spectroscopy hold promise for a range of clinical applications. But despite years of development leading to robust technologies that have undergone thorough testing, commercialized instruments are having a tough time finding their way into the clinic. BioPhotonics checks in with developer Irving Bigio to get a sense of why, and to ask what technological challenges remain before the instruments can be implemented in clinical settings.