Main description:

Biophotonics for Medical Applications presents information on the interface between laser optics and cell biology/medicine.

The book discusses the development and application of photonic techniques that aid the diagnosis and therapeutics of biological tissues in both healthy and diseased states. Chapters cover the fundamental technologies used in biophotonics and a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

Contents:

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