Biophotonics for Medical Applications

Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor Igor Meglinski is a Head of Bio-Photonics and Biomedical Imaging at the Department of Physics, University of Otago, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Node Leader in Biophotonics4Life Worldwide Consortium (BP4L).

Autorentext
Associate Professor Igor Meglinski is a Head of Bio-Photonics and Biomedical Imaging at the Department of Physics, University of Otago, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Node Leader in Biophotonics4Life Worldwide Consortium (BP4L).

Zusammenfassung
This book discusses the development and application of photonic techniques which aid the diagnosis and therapeutics of biological tissues in both healthy and diseased states.

Inhalt

Part 1 Materials, technologies and processes

1 Multimodal diffuse optical imaging for biomedical applications
2 Photonic sensitive switchable materials
3 Optical fibres and sensors for biomedical applications
4 Laser processing of medical devices

Part 2 Applications in therapeutics and diagnostics

5 Biomedicine with surface enhanced ramon scattering (SERS)
6 Optical cancer screening
7 Biophotonics for assessing breast cancer
8 Label-free optical imaging of live cells
9 Biophotonics for Blood Analysis
10 Biophotonics for tissue oxygenation analysis
11 Encapsulated bio-sensors for advanced tissue diagnostics
12 Optical methods for assessing skin flap survival
13 Early optical diagnosis of pressure ulcers