27 Octobre 2006-10-27

Department of Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.

Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral mapping was used to study polymers in human tissue associated with silicone breast implants. Biomaterials such as polyesters, polyurethanes and silicone were identified by FT-IR spectroscopy, and their relative locations and distributions within tissue specimens were characterized by three-dimensional (3D) spectral maps.