Lasers and current optical techniques in biology (RSC, 2004)
The introduction of innovative light sources, fibre laser sources and light emitting diodes, is opening unexpected perspectives into optical techniques and is promising new exciting applications in the field of biomedicine. Lasers and Current Optical Techniques in Biology aims to provide an overview of light sources, together with an extensive and authoritative description of the optical techniques in bio-medicine. This book is designed to give biomedical researchers a strong feel for the capability of physical approaches, promote new interdisciplinary interests and persuade more practitioners to take advantage of optical techniques. Current developments in a variety of optical techniques, including Near-Infra Red Spectroscopy, and traditional and advanced fluorescence techniques are covered, ranging from those that are becoming common practice to those that need much more experimentation before they can be accepted as real breakthroughs. Further topics include optical coherence tomography and its variations, polarised light imaging and, principle laser and lamp sources- a usually fragmentary topic, often dispersed among specialist publications. The wide range of topics covered make Lasers and Current Optical Techniques in Biology of interest to a diverse range of scientific communities
Includes bibliographical references and index
Gas state lasers / Terry A. King -- Liquid state lasers / Terry A. King -- Solid state lasers / Willy Lüthy and Heinz Weber -- Semiconductor lasers / Peter Unger -- Diode pumped solid state lasers / Holger Zellmer and Andreas Tünnermann -- Incoherent light sources / Brian L. Diffey -- Solid state lamps / Roland Diehl -- Fibre lasers / Terry A. King -- Methods for the generation of light pulses : from nanoseconds to attoseconds / Mauro Nisoli -- Autofluorescence spectroscopy of cells and tissue as a tool for biomedical diagnosis / Giovanni Bottiroli and Anna Cleta Croce -- Reflectance and transmittance spectroscopy / Enrico Gratton and Sergio Fantini -- Fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging (non-microscopic) / Paola Taroni, Gianluca Valentini, Laura Marcu -- Optical microscopy / Herbert Schneckenburger -- Wide-field autofluorescence microscopy for imaging of living cells / Franco Fusi, Monica Monici and Giovanni Agati -- Scanning probe microscopy / Cesare Ascoli, Riccardo Gottardi and Donatella Petracchi -- Confocal and multiphoton microscopy / Alberto Diaspro -- Optical coherence tomography / David Sampson and Timothy R. Hillman -- Laser optoacoustic imaging / Steven L. Jacques -- Polarized light imaging of tissues / Steven L. Jacques and Jessica C. Ramella-Roman -- Ultrasensitive fluorescence detection at surfaces : instrument development, surface chemistry, and applications in life science and medicine / Stefan Seeger