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Main description:
More profound understanding of the nature of light and light-matter interactions in biology has enabled many applications in the biology and medical fields. So a new discipline is born, namely biophotonics. The aim of this book is to review the current state-of-the-art of the field by means of authoritative chapters written by the world leaders of the respective fields. Biosensors, biochips, optical tomography, optical microsurgery, photodynamics therapy, bioactivation of gene, photobiology of skin, and nanobiophotonics are each introduced and recent advances presented. This book will be useful not only to physicians, biologists, physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also to graduate students who are interested in these rapidly developing fields.
Feature:
Deals with the basics and applications of the most advanced optical methods in biology and medicine for cancer diagnosis and treatment or gene analysis
Written for researchers and medical practitioners in optical tomography, cancer treatment and research, ophthalmologists, surgeons, gene research and diagnosis
But also appealing to biologists in photobiology as well as graduate students
Offers many insights into important new processes, such as optical biochip analysis, photobiology of skin and optical microsurgery
Back cover:
More profound understanding of the nature of light and light-matter interactions in biology has enabled many applications in the biology and medical fields. So a new discipline is born, namely biophotonics. The aim of this book is to review the current state-of-the-art of the field by means of authoritative chapters written by the world leaders of the respective fields. Biosensors, biochips, optical tomography, optical microsurgery, photodynamics therapy, bioactivation of gene, photobiology of skin, and nanobiophotonics are each introduced and recent advances presented. This book will be useful not only to physicians, biologists, physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also to graduate students who are interested in these rapidly developing fields.
Contents:
Light Conversion in Photosynthetic Organisms.- Exploiting Photosynthesis for Biofuel Production.- In Between Photosynthesis and Photoinhibition: The Fundamental Role of Carotenoids and Carotenoid-Binding Proteins in Photoprotection.- Non-Linear Microscopy.- Applications of Optical Resonance to Biological Sensing and Imaging: I. Spectral Self-Interference Microscopy.- Applications of Optical Resonance to Biological Sensing and Imaging: II. Resonant Cavity Biosensors.- Biodetection Using Silicon Photonic Crystal Microcavities.- Optical Coherence Tomography with Applications in Cancer Imaging.- Coherent Laser Measurement Techniques for Medical Diagnostics.- Biomarkers and Luminescent Probes in Quantitative Biology.- Fluorescence-Based Optical Biosensors.- Optical Biochips.- CMOS Single-Photon Systems for Bioimaging Applications.- Optical Trapping and Manipulation for Biomedical Applications.- Laser Tissue Welding in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Microsurgery.- Photobiology of the Skin.- Advanced Photodynamic Therapy.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer Berlin Heidelberg)
Publication date: August, 2008
Pages: 336
Weight: 767g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: General, Ophthalmology and Optometry
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“All ideas are introduced on a level that can be easily grasped by either a physicist or a biologist – starting from advanced undergraduates through to post-doctoral researchers. … Biophotonics is highly recommended to anyone from graduate students in their final years at university to academics, providing a detailed introduction … in key areas of biophotonics. … provide a solid base for building up a curriculum for a course in biophotonics, biophysics or related subjects and to provide a key reading material for such subjects.” (Oleg Kolosov, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 51 (4), 2010)