Kidney & Galstone Analysis Urinary calculi is common in humans with occurrence as high as 20% in some industrialized countries. It is not uncommon for stone suffers to experience multiple painful episodes. Therefore is it essential for physicians to have accurate analysis of stones to properly advise patients in order to reduce stone rates. Infrared spectroscopy has been proven to be an effective technique to provide valuable information about stone composition and morphology.

Bruker Optics offers a spectra library with more than 5000 spectra of authentic kidney stones, that were measured as KBr-pellets. Spectra of kidney stones to be analyzed can be compared with the library spectra within seconds.

As result of the search the library spectrum is displayed that matches best with the sample spectrum. The reference data of the library spectrum provides information about the main components present in the analyzed kidney stone.