Short description This entry-level textbook, covering the area of tissue optics, is based on the lecture notes for a graduate course (Bio-optical Imaging) that has been taught six times by the authors at Texas A&M University. After the fundamentals of photon transport in biological tissues are established, Biomedical Optics covers various optical imaging techniques for biological tissues. Imaging modalities covered include ballistic imaging, quasi-ballistic imaging (optical coherence tomography), diffusion imaging, and ultrasound-aided hybrid imaging. The basic physics and engineering of each imaging technique are emphasized.
From the contents Preface.
1. INTRODUCTION.
2. RAYLEIGH THEORY AND MIE THEORY FOR A SINGLE SCATTERER.
3. MONTE CARLO MODELING OF PHOTON TRANSPORT IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE.
4. CONVOLUTION FOR BROADBEAM RESPONSES.
5. RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION AND DIFFUSION THEORY.
6. HYBRID MODEL OF MONTE CARLO METHOD AND DIFFUSION THEORY.
7. SENSING OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND SPECTROSCOPY.
