Handbook of Biophotonics

PART 1: 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

PART 2: 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

PART 3: 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

PART 4: CARDIOLOGY, ANGIOLOGY
26. Microvascular Blood Flow: Microcirculation Imaging
27. Optical Oximetry
28. Fiber Photo-Catheters

PART 5: PULMONOLOGY
29. Bronchoscopy
30. Laser Therapy

PART 6: 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

PART 7: GASTROENTEROLOGY
33. Barrett's Oesophagus and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - Diagnosis and Therapy

PART 8: RHEUMATOLOGY
34. Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging
35. Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) of Osteoarthritis
36. Laser Doppler Imaging

PART 9: 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

PART 10: OTALARYNGOLOGY (ENT)
45. Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Larynx
46. Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Oral Cavity and Oropharynx

PART 11: 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

PART 12: 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

PART 13: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
56. Diagnosis of Neoplastic Processes in the Uterine Cervix

PART 14: 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

PART 15: GENETICS
59. Transfection of Cardiac Cells by Means of Laser-assisted Optoporation

PART 16: 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

PART 17: 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