Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering

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McGraw Hill Professional, Sep 22, 2009 - Technology & Engineering - 350 pages
  • Clinical applications include: detecting pre-cancerous and cancerous tissue states; characterizing cell and tissue properties for identifying disease; and assessing the presence and concentration of biochemicals for diagnostic purposes
  • Part of the McGraw-Hill Biophotonics Series
 

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Contents

Part 1 Introduction to Light Scattering Models
1
Part 2 Application to In Vitro Cell Biology
113
Part 3 Assessing Bulk Tissue Properties from Scattering Measurements
169
Part 4 Dynamic Light Scattering Methods
211
Part 5 Clinical Applications
261
Index
361
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Common terms and phrases

a/LCI absorption algorithm amplitude analysis angle angular apoptosis Appl Opt applications approximation Backman backscattering beam biological tissues Biomed Biomed Opt biopsy blood flow cancer cell nuclei cellular changes computational confocal correlation density depth detection diameter diffuse distribution dynamic effect epithelial FDTD fiber field FIGURE fluctuations fluorescence focus Fourier transform Fourier-domain fractal dimension frequency geometry hemoglobin imaging inverse ISAM laser layer LEBS lens light scattering low-coherence LSCI lysosomes measurements microscopy Mie theory mitochondria nanorods normal nucleus Opt Lett optical coherence tomography optical fiber optical properties organelles parameters particle pathlength peak photons pinhole plane PSTD random medium range reconstruction reduced scattering coefficient reflectance refractive index resolution sample scanning scat scattered light scattering coefficient scattering cross section shown in Fig signal spatial speckle contrast speckle imaging spectral spectroscopy spectrum structure subcellular technique tering theory tion values vivo volume wave wavelength

About the author (2009)

Adam Wax, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University.

Vadim Backman, Ph.D., is a professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University, where he specializes in optical imaging.

Bibliographic information

TitleBiomedical Applications of Light Scattering
McGraw-Hill biophotonics
AuthorsAdam Wax, Vadim Backman
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2009
ISBN0071598812, 9780071598811
Length350 pages
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