Application of Biophotonics to Medicine

Part of the new Biophotonic Science and Engineering series, Application of Biophotonics to Medicine provides comprehensive coverage of such areas as disease detection, photodynamic therapy, and light-activated devices. This book explores how advanced cellular and molecular imaging technologies and new optical sensors and assays are applied to biophotonics. It features contributions from leading experts from the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Department of Energy. Along with numerous images, additional application examples in the text include optical biopsy, biophotonic imaging, and ultrashort-pulse laser photoablation for microsurgery.