Program
Optical radiation and biological tissues. Main endogenous and exogenous chromophores in biomedicine.Laser tissues interaction mechanisms: photochemical effects, photothermal effects and photoablation. Therapeutic applications of lasers.Fluorescence emission: basic principles. Fluorescence as a diagnostic tool. Fluorescence spectroscopy and lifetime. Fluorescence intensity and fluorescence lifetime imaging. Diagnostic applications. Tissues as turbid media. Light propagation in turbid media: theoretical models and experimental techniques. Optical properties of tissues. Absorption and scattering spectroscopy in turbid media. Back projection imaging. Optical tomography. Biomedical applications in medicine.
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Source
Biomedical engineering notes