Jennifer Haskell

Physics PhD student at the University of Exeter working in the field of Raman spectroscopy and its application to the diagnosis of cancer.

[Jennifer Haskell @JenniHaskell]

@indianalytics @BioSpecExeter Thanks very much! No, thankfully water isn't an issue with Raman - it only has contributions in the high wavenumber region which we aren't using in this specific work.

[Jennifer Haskell @JenniHaskell]

Excited to share my first #RSCPoster detailing my work with tissue phantoms to help inform the development of a novel breast cancer screening modality using Raman spectroscopy @BioSpecExeter #RSCPoster2020 #RSCAnalytical

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@nickgregoirenc @BioSpecExeter Oh yeah, it is a tricky one.. did you get around it in the end?

[Jennifer Haskell @JenniHaskell]

@nickgregoirenc @BioSpecExeter Assessing the limitations is a work in progress - something we are working on in particular is fact that fat produces peaks in a very similar area to the one we are interested in. I realise that's not a lot of detail 😅 I will happily explain more if needed.

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@nickgregoirenc @BioSpecExeter Yes, exactly. The hope is that the Raman will provide extra information to add to that from the x-ray which may provide enough clarity to remove the need for biopsy in some patients.

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@nickgregoirenc @BioSpecExeter Thank you! In theory, it should be quite practical - as TRS involves a set up with the laser incident on one side of the sample and the detector on the other, we would be able to apply this in a similar way to standard mammography.

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@RenzoVanna @BioSpecExeter Thank you! Yes, will be very interesting to see how it turns out.

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@ZJAyres @BioSpecExeter However, there is also a relation between the carbonate content of Type II and disease status which we intend to investigate further - carbonate content decreases from benign to malignant disease.

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@ZJAyres @BioSpecExeter Hi Zoe, thank you very much, glad you like it! You're right, there is some crossover. Type I calcifications are less common but are generally found in benign disease, but Type II can also be present in benign lesions.