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infrared spectrum
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Noun1.infrared spectrum - the spectrum of infrared radiation
infrared, infrared frequency - the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared"
spectrum - an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
electromagnetic spectrum - the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves


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Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) infrared spectroscopy makes it possible to rapidly monitor subtle compositional changes in tomatoes and helps determine, non-invasively and in real time, the effects that different processing methods might have on these compounds.
Studies under way at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are employing functional near infrared spectroscopy, also know as fNIRS, and other imaging technology to measure blood flow in the brain's cortex and the concentration of oxygen in the blood.
In introducing 16 chapters by international scientists in the field, Lasch (Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany) and Kneipp (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany/photomedicine; Harvard Medical School, Boston) explain that methods such as infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy provide objective information on the molecular structure and composition of samples under investigation--in an automatic, efficient, reagent- free, and cost-effective manner.
 
 
 
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