An introduction to biomedical optics. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R. Splinter, B.A. Hooper.
• Other Names: Splinter, Robert; Hooper, Brett Andrew, 1961-
• Contents: GENERAL BIOMEDICAL OPTICS THEORY; Introduction to the Use of Light for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities; What Is Biomedical Optics?; Biomedical Optics Timeline; Elementary Optical Discoveries; Historical Events in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Use of Light; Light Sources; Current State of the Art; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Review of Optical Principles: Fundamental Electromagnetic Theory and Description of Light Sources; Definitions in Optics; Kirchhoff's Laws of Radiation; Electromagnetic Wave Theory; Light Sources; Applications of Various Lasers; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Review of Optical Principles: Classical Optics; Geometrical Optics; Other Optical Principles; Quantum Physics; Gaussian Optics; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Review of Optical Interaction Properties; Absorption and Scattering; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Light-Tissue Interaction Variables; Laser Variables; Tissue Variables; Light Transportation Theory; Light Propagation under Dominant Absorption; Summary; Nomenclature; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Light-Tissue Interaction Theory; Approximations of the Equation of Radiative Transport; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Numerical and Deterministic Methods in Light-Tissue Interaction Theory; Numerical Method to Solve the Equation of Radiative Transport; Measurement of Optical Parameters; Temperature Effects of Light-Tissue Interaction; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Light-Tissue Interaction Mechanisms and Applications: Photophysical; Range of Photophysical Mechanisms; Photoablation; Photoacoustics; Birefringence Effects; Polarization Effects; Optical Activity; Evanescent Wave Interaction in Biomedical Optics; Phase Interference Effects; Spectroscopy; Endoscopy; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Light-Tissue Interaction Mechanisms and Applications: Photochemical; Basic Photochemical Principles; Photochemical Effects; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Light-Tissue Interaction Mechanisms and Applications: Photobiological; Photobiological Biostimulation; Photobiological Effects; Excitation of Chromophores; Optic Nerve-Cell Depolarization under the Influence of Light (Vision); Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT; Therapeutic Applications of Light: Photophysical; Delivery Considerations; Pulsed Laser Use in Cardiology; Dentistry and Oral Surgery; Ophthalmology; Optical Tweezers; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Therapeutic Applications of Light: Photochemical; Vascular Welding; Cosmetic Surgery; Oncology; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Therapeutic Applications of Light: Photobiological; Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery; Soft tissue Treatment; Dermatology; Fetal Surgery; Gastroenterology; General Surgery; Gynecology; Neurosurgery; Ophthalmology; Pulmonology & Otorhinolaryngology; Otolaryngology, Ear-Nose, and Throat (ENT) and Maxillofacial Surgery; Podiatry; Urology; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT; Diagnostic Methods Using Light: Photophysical; Optical Microscopy; Various Microscopic Techniques; Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope; Spectroscopy; Holographic Imaging; Polarization Imaging; Transillumination Imaging; Optical Coherence Tomography; Ballistic Photon Imaging; Reflectometry; Evanescent Wave Imaging Applications; Medical Thermography; Photoacoustic Imaging; Tera Hertz Imaging; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Diagnostic Methods Using Light: Photochemical; Fluorescence Imaging; Ratio Fluorescence Microscopy; Raman Spectroscopy with NSOM Employed; Optical "Tongue"; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems; ; Diagnostic Methods Using Light: Photobiological; Immuno Staining ("Functional Imaging"); Immunofluorescence; Diagnostic Applications of Spectroscopy; Fiberoptic Sensors; Optical Coherence Tomography in Dentistry; Optical Biopsy; Determination of Blood Oxygenation; Electroluminescent Electro-Physiologic Mapping; Quantum Dots as Biological Fluorescent Markers; Compilation of the Optical Requirements for Wavelength Selection Based on the Desired Effects; Summary; Additional Reading; Problems
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 610.28; Optoelectronic devices; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Optical fibers in medicine; Biomedical Technology; Light; Biophysics -- methods; Optics; Photobiology -- methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420011838; 1420011839
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