Biomedical Photonic Technologies

Preface 1 Advanced Wide-Field Fluorescent Microscopy for Biomedicine 2 Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) 3 Optical Coherence Tomography Structural and Functional Imaging 4 Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy and Biomedical Applications 5 Fluorescence Imaging-Guide Surgery 6 Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy 7 Optogenetics 8 Optical Theranostics Based on Gold Nanoparticles Index

Zhenxi Zhang is Professor in the School of Life Science and Technology at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. After his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China, he joined Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research interests include biomedical photonics imaging and spectral analysis techniques. He has published more than 200 scientific papers. He received two times the provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress awards and the Outstanding Teacher Award of Baogang Education Foundation. Jiang Shudong is Associate Professor in the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, USA. She received her PhD in optoelectronics from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Her research interests include optical spectroscopy and imaging systems for biomedical applications. She has published more than 70 journal articles. Shudong Jiang is professor and doctoral tutor of the engineering college of Dartmouth College, USA. In 1992, she received a Ph.D. in optoelectronics from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Professor Jiang has 5 international patents. The main research direction is the application of optical spectroscopy and imaging technology in weak light detection, especially in the medical field. She has published more than 150 papers in high-level journals in the field of medical imaging and biomedical engineering, many of which have been published in high-level magazines in the field of medical imaging and biomedical engineering. As the chief person in charge, four National Institutes of Health projects are ongoing and some were completed. Buhong Li is a professor of Biomedical Photonics and the Executive Deputy Dean of Graduate School, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Optical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2003. He was the New Century Excellent Talents in Ministry of Education of China. He was a visiting scientist in the Ontario Cancer Institute and University of Toronto from September 2005