Biophotonics: Concepts to Applications

Authors: Keiser, Gerd
Introduces senior-level and postgraduate students to the principles and applications of biophotonics
Serves as a valuable reference resource for practicing physicians, clinicians, biomedical researchers, and biomedical engineers working with photonics-based tools and instruments
Includes worked examples and drill problems throughout
Written by an expert in the field of optics and biophotonics

This book introduces senior-level and postgraduate students to the principles and applications of biophotonics. It also serves as a valuable reference resource or as a short-course textbook for practicing physicians, clinicians, biomedical researchers, healthcare professionals, and biomedical engineers and technicians dealing with the design, development, and application of photonics components and instrumentation to biophotonics issues. The topics include the fundamentals of optics and photonics, the optical properties of biological tissues, light-tissue interactions, microscopy for visualizing tissue components, spectroscopy for optically analyzing the properties of tissue, and optical biomedical imaging. It also describes tools and techniques such as laser and LED optical sources, photodetectors, optical fibers, bioluminescent probes for labeling cells, optical-based biosensors, surface plasmon resonance, and lab-on-a-chip technologies. Among the applications are optical coherence tomography (OCT), optical imaging modalities, photodynamic therapy (PDT), photobiostimulation or low-level light therapy (LLLT), diverse microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, tissue characterization, laser tissue ablation, optical trapping, and optogenetics. Worked examples further explain the material and how it can be applied to practical designs, and the homework problems help test readers’ understanding of the text.

Number of Pages
XXI, 345
Number of Illustrations and Tables
102 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour
Topics
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
Classical Electrodynamics



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