Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. The process of diagnosis is completed with conventional histology (Hematoxylin and eosin staining followed by immunohistochemistry staining), which is known to be labor-intensive, time-consuming, and subject to inter- as well as intra-laboratory variations. We present here a multi-color Stimulated Raman Histology (SRH) technique to overcome these limitations. The multi-color SRH can map lipid, cellular protein, and collagen in a label-free manner to differentiate cancerous breast tissue from healthy tissue. Our technique can be a promising candidate for labor-efficient, fast, and highly sensitive breast cancer histology.
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