Table of Contents

VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION 1. An Overview on Biophotonics 2. Short Introduction to Atomic and Molecular Configuration 3. Light Matter Interaction 4. Light Sources 5. Optical Detectors 6. Intstruments of Biotechnology and Medicine 7. Biology VOLUME 2 LABORATORY MEDICINE 1. Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods 2. Glucose Sensing and Glucose Determination Using Fluorescent Probes 3. Biochips as Novel Bioassays 4. Microstructure Fibers in Biophotonics 5. Identification and Characterization of Microorganisms by Vibrational Spectroscopy PATHOLOGY 6. Cell Sorting 7. Laser Microtomy 8. Classical Microscopy 9. Virtual Microscopy 10. In Vitro Instrumentation 11. In Vivo Instrumentation 12. Fluorescent Probes (Fluorescence Standards, Green Protein Technology) 13. Optical Coherence Imaging for Surgical Pathology Assessment 14. Diffuse Optical Imaging 15. Raman Microscopy 16. CARS Microscopy 17. Detection of Viral Infection in Epithelial Cells by Infrared Spectral Cytopathology ONCOLOGY 18. Clinical and Technical Aspects of Photodynamic Therapy - Superficial and Interstitial Illumination in Skin and Prostrate Cancer 19. Molecular Targeting of Photosensitizers 20. Photodynamic Molecular Beacons 21. Oxygen Effects in PDT 22. OLEDs: Next Generation Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancer 23. Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy 24. OCT Monitoring of Surgery in Oncology 25. Intraoperative OCT Monitoring CARDIOLOGY, ANGIOLOGY 26. Microvascular Blood Flow: Microcirculation Imaging 27. Optical Oximetry 28. Fiber Photo-Catheters PULMONOLOGY 29. Bronchoscopy 30. Laser Therapy UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY 31. Bladder Biopsy with OCT 32. Advanced Laser Endoscopy in Urology: Laser Prostate Vaporisation, Laser Surgery, and Laser Removal of Renal Calculi GASTROENTEROLOGY 33. Barrett's Oesophagus and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - Diagnosis and Therapy RHEUMATOLOGY 34. Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging 35. Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) of Osteoarthritis 36. Laser Doppler Imaging OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY 37. Ocular Diagnostics and Imaging 38. Glaucoma Diagnostics 39. Early Detection of Cataracts 40. Diabetic Retinopathy 41. Glaucoma (Laser) Therapy 42. Ocular blood flow measurement methodologies and clinical application 43. Photodynamic Modulation of Wound Healing in Glaucoma Filtration Surgery 44. Correction of Wavefront Abberations of the Eye OTALARYNGOLOGY (ENT) 45. Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Larynx 46. Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Oral Cavity and Oropharynx NEUROLOGY 47. In vivo Brain Imaging and Diagnosis 48. Assessment of Infant Brain Development 49. Revealing the Roles of Prefrontal Cortex in Memory 50. Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygenation DERMATOLOGY 51. Skin Diagnostics: An Overview 52. Monitoring of Blood Flow and Hemoglobin Oxygenation 53. Glucose and Other Metabolites Sensing in Skin 54. Psoriasis and Acne 55. Wound Healing GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS 56. Diagnosis of Neoplastic Processes in the Uterine Cervix REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE 57. The Use of Single Point and Ring-shaped Laser Traps to Study Sperm Motility and Energetics 58. Laser Thinning of the Zona Pellucida GENETICS 59. Transfection of Cardiac Cells by Means of Laser-assisted Optoporation LASER SURGERY 60. Laser Surgery: An Overview 61. Endovenous Laser Therapy - Application Studies, Clinical Update and Innovative Developments 62. Laser Treatment of Cerebral Ischemia 63. Laser Vision Correction 64. Laser Trabeculoplasty 65. Laser Photocoagulation DENTISTRY 66. Diagnostic Imaging and Spectroscopy 67. OCT in Dentistry 68. Fluorescence Spectroscopy 69. Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence: Applications to Dental Caries Detection 70. Lasers in Restorative Dentistry 71. Laser Ablation of Dental Restorative Materials 72. Laser Ablation of Dental Enamel VOLUME 3 PROCESS CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 1. Industrial Perspectives 2. Applications of Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging in Pharmaceutics 3. Quality Control in Food Processing 4. Application of Optic

About the Author

Jurgen Popp holds a full Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. He is Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the university as well as Director of the Institute of Physical High Technology (IPHT) Jena. In the German Main Research Topic 'Biophotonik' (National Network financed by the BMBF) he serves as the speaker. Associate Editors: Arthur Chiou (National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan) Valery V. Tuchin (Saratov State University, Russia) Stefan Heinemann (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany)

Reviews

"This three volume set represents an immense body of information and is the most comprehensive publication in the field of biophotonics that I'm aware of. I thus recommend this book to scientists, engineers and clinicians working in the field of biophotonics." (Contemporary Physics, 1 October 2014)