Fast quantification of water in single living cells by near-infrared microscopy.

@article{Brundermann2004FastQO,
  title={Fast quantification of water in single living cells by near-infrared microscopy.},
  author={Erik Brundermann and Andreas Bergner and Frank Petrat and Robert Schiwon and G{\"o}tz Wollny and Ilona Kopf and Herbert de Groot and Martina Havenith},
  journal={The Analyst},
  year={2004},
  volume={129 10},
  pages={
          893-6
        }
}
We have set up a near-infrared microscope using a tuneable diode laser in the range from 1530 to 1570 nm. This spectral range is close to the peak of the water overtone absorption. We used this new microscope to study liver cells, hepatocytes, showing that quantitative information of the intracellular water concentration in living cells can be extracted. 
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