Handbook of Photonics for Biomedical Science

Valery V. Tuchin is the optics and biophotonics chair and director of Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics at Saratov State University in Russia. He is also head of the laboratory on laser diagnostics of technical and living systems in the Institute of Precise Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Science.

• FDTD Simulation of Light Interaction with Cells for Diagnostics and Imaging in Nanobiophotonics. Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Fabrication, Optical Properties, and Biomedical Applications. Transfection by Optical Injection. Advances in Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging. Applications of Optical Tomography in Biomedical Research. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Metrology for Biomedicine. Raman and CARS Microscopy of Cells and Tissues. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Human Skin for the In Vivo Detection of Carotenoid Antioxidant Substances. Polarized Light Assessment of Complex Turbid Media Such as Biological Tissues Using Mueller Matrix Decomposition. Statistical, Correlation, and Topological Approaches in Diagnostics of the Structure and Physiological State of Birefringent Biological Tissues. Biophotonic Functional Imaging of Skin Microcirculation. Advances in Optoacoustic Imaging. Optical-Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy for In Vivo Volumetric Microvascular Imaging in Intact Tissues. Optical Coherence Tomography Theory and Spectral Time-Frequency Analysis. Label-Free Optical Micro-Angiography for Functional Imaging of Microcirculations within Tissue Beds In Vivo. Fiber-Based OCT: From Optical Design to Clinical Applications. Noninvasive Assessment of Molecular Permeability with OCT. Confocal Light Absorption and Scattering Spectroscopic Microscopy. Dual Axes Confocal Microscopy. Nonlinear Imaging of Tissues. Endomicroscopy Technologies for High-Resolution Nonlinear Optical Imaging and Optical Coherence Tomography. Advanced Optical Imaging of Early Mammalian Embryonic Development. Terahertz Tissue Spectroscopy and Imaging. Nanoparticles as Sunscreen Compound: Risks and Benefits. Photodynamic Therapy/Diagnostics: Principles, Practice, and Advances. Advances in Low-Intensity Laser and Phototherapy. Low-Level Laser Therapy in Stroke and Central Nervous System. Advances in Cancer Photothermal Therapy. Cancer Laser Thermotherapy Mediated

Many of the chapters are written by leaders in their field and thus provide both good foundational descriptions as well as up-to-date accounts of the state of the field. ... the book does well throughout: providing a better than skin-deep introduction to a subject, focusing on the core issues within a field and providing references to enable more detailed investigation. ... It brings together much of the most important literature into an easily accessible form. Written by leaders in their respective fields, this book would be a valuable addition to the collection of researchers, engineers and clinicians alike. -Peter R.T. Munro, Contemporary Physics, 2011