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Biophotonics for medical applications /

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. Cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Meglinski, Igor (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2015.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials ; no. 82.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Biophotonics for Medical Applications; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials; Part One: Materials, technologies, and processes; Chapter 1: Multimodal diffuse optical imaging for biomedical applications; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. Light interaction with biological tissue; 1.1.2. Multimodal approaches in optical imaging; 1.2. Optical imaging platforms for multimodal imaging; 1.2.1. Optical imaging instrumentation; 1.2.2. Multimodal optical platforms; 1.2.2.1. Optical-MRI platforms; 1.2.2.2. Optical-CT platforms; 1.2.2.3. Optical-US platforms.
  • 1.2.2.4. Fusion of optical imaging with PET1.3. Theoretical considerations; 1.3.1. Forward modeling methods; 1.3.2. Multimodality optical imaging and use of structural priors; 1.4. Clinical applications of multimodal optical imaging; 1.5. Future perspectives in multimodal optical imaging; References; Chapter 2: Photonic sensitive switchable materials; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Photonic sensitive switchable materials; 2.2.1. Inorganic compound-based photonic sensitive materials; 2.2.2. Organic compound-based photonic sensitive materials; 2.2.3. Biomolecular-based photonic sensitive materials.
  • 2.3. Potential applications2.3.1. Switchable wettability on photoresponsive surfaces; 2.3.2. Optical switches; 2.3.3. Optobioelectronic devices; 2.3.4. Biocatalysts; 2.3.5. Biosensors; 2.3.6. Biomedical engineering; 2.4. Conclusions and future trends; References; Chapter 3: Optical fibres and sensors for biomedical applications; 3.1. Optical fibres; 3.1.1. Geometry and refractive index; 3.1.2. Propagation; 3.1.3. Fabrication and materials; 3.1.4. Optical fibre sensor technologies; 3.1.4.1. Intensity-modulated sensors; 3.1.4.2. Phase-modulated sensors; 3.1.5. Micro/nanofibres.
  • 3.1.6. Photonic crystal fibres3.2. Optical fibre sensors; 3.2.1. Biomolecular sensors; 3.2.2. Cellular microenvironment sensors; 3.2.3. Temperature sensors; 3.2.4. pH sensors; 3.2.5. Gas sensors; 3.2.5.1. Oxygen sensors; 3.2.5.2. Carbon dioxide sensors; 3.2.6. Blood flow sensors; 3.2.7. Pressure sensors; References; Chapter 4: Laser processing of medical devices; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Laser cutting; 4.2.1. Introduction; 4.2.2. CO2 laser cutting of metals; 4.2.3. CO2 laser cutting of non-metals; 4.2.4. Nd:YAG laser cutting; 4.2.5. Fibre laser cutting; 4.2.6. Ultrafast lasers.
  • 4.2.7. Materials and applications4.3. Laser drilling; 4.3.1. Introduction; 4.3.2. Pulsed Nd:YAG laser drilling; 4.3.3. Other laser drilling processes; 4.4. Micromachining; 4.4.1. Introduction; 4.5. Surface texturing; 4.5.1. Introduction; 4.5.2. Formation of textured surfaces; 4.6. Conclusions; References; Part Two: Applications in therapeutics and diagnostics; Chapter 5: Biomedicine with surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS); 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Surface enhanced Raman scattering; 5.3. Theory of surface enhanced Raman scattering; 5.3.1. Electromagnetic SERS (EM-SERS) enhancement.