Main description:

This Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of laser and coherent-domain methods as applied to biomedicine, environmental monitoring, and materials science. Worldwide leaders in these fields describe the fundamentals of light interaction with random media and present an overview of basic research. The latest results on coherent and polarization properties of light scattered by random media, including tissues and blood, speckles formation in multiple scattering media, and other non-destructive interactions of coherent light with rough surfaces and tissues, allow the reader to understand the principles and applications of coherent diagnostic techniques. The expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated with particular emphasis on novel coherent-domain techniques and their applications in medicine and environmental science. Volume 1 describes state-of-the-art methods of coherent and polarization optical imaging, tomography and spectroscopy; diffusion wave spectroscopy; elastic, quasi-elastic and inelastic light scattering spectroscopy and imaging; digital holographic microscopy, the Fourier transform light scattering method, and coherent diffractive imaging; wavefront sensing, aberration measurement and adaptive optics for ophthalmology; and laser remote sensing. Volume 2 presents the new and growing field of coherent optics in optical coherence tomography (OCT). Various applications of OCT and confocal microscopy, including biomedical endoscopy, are discussed. A special section covers Mueller matrix polarimetry, nonlinear laser fluorescence spectroscopy, and triplet-triplet annihilation assisted upconversion as optical tools for probing the physical parameters of materials and natural organic compounds.

Contents:

Volume 1

Preface

PART I: Speckle and polarization technologies
1. Light Correlation and Polarization in Multiply Scattering Media: Industrial and Biomedical Applications
2. Some Current Views on Metrology of Coherence and Polarization in Sight of Singular Optics
3. Statistical, Correlation and Topological Approaches in Diagnostics of the Structure and Physiological State of Birefringent Biological Tissues
4. Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy: Application for Blood Diagnostics
5. Laser Speckle Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow

PART II: HOLOGRAPHY, INTERFEROMETRY, DIFFRACTIVE IMAGING, AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENTS
6. Quantitative Phase Imaging with Digital Holographic Microscopy and Applications in Live Cell Analysis
7. Fourier Transform Light Scattering of Tissues
8. Coherent Diffractive Imaging - from Nanometric down to Picometric Resolution
9. Wavefront Measurement in Ophthalmology
10. Laser Remote Sensing. Velocimetry Based Techniques: Current Trends
11. Adaptive Optics for Retinal Imaging

PART III: LIGHT SCATTERING METHODS
12. Light Scattering Spectroscopy: from Elastic to Inelastic
13. Laser Doppler and Speckle Techniques for Bioflow Measuring
14. Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering in Ophthalmology
15. Monte-Carlo Simulations of Light Scattering in Turbid Media

Volume 2

Preface

PART IV: OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY
16. Optical Coherence Tomography - Light Scattering and Imaging Enhancement
17. Optical Coherence Tomography: Advanced Modeling
18. Flying Spot En-Face OCT Imaging
19. Polarization Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
20. Doppler Optical Coherence tomography
21. Analysis of Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography Signals in Low and High Scattering Media
22. Optical Coherence Tomography. Principles and Applications of Microvascular Imaging
23. Next Step in Ocular Imaging Combining Ultrahigh Resolution and High Speed OCT
24. Fundamentals of OCT and Clinical Applications of Endoscopic OCT
25. Needle Probes in Optical Coherence Tomography
26. Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease through Permeability Rate: Quantified Using Optical Coherence Tomography

PART V: MICROSCOPY
27. Optical Coherence Microscopy
28. Confocal scanning laser microscopy using scattering as the contrast mechanism

PART VI: APPLICATIONS
29. Mueller Matrix Polarimetry in Material Science, Biomedical and Environmental Applications
30. Nonlinear Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Natural Organic Compounds
31. Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Assisted Upconversion: All-optical Tools for Probing Physical Parameter of Soft Matter