Handbook of Biophotonics

PART 1: LABORATORY MEDICINE1. Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods2. Glucose Sensing and Glucose Determination Using Fluorescent Probes3. Biochips as Novel Bioassays4. Microstructure Fibers in Biophotonics5. Identification and Characterization of Microorganisms by Vibrational SpectroscopyPART 2: PATHOLOGY6. Cell Sorting7. Laser Microtomy8. Classical Microscopy9. Virtual Microscopy10. In Vitro Instrumentation11. In Vivo Instrumentation12. Fluorescent Probes (Fluorescence Standards, Green Protein Technology)13. Optical Coherence Imaging for Surgical Pathology Assessment14. Diffuse Optical Imaging15. Raman Microscopy 16. CARS Microscopy17. Detection of Viral Infection in Epithelial Cells by Infrared Spectral CytopathologyPART 3: ONCOLOGY18. Clinical and Technical Aspects of Photodynamic Therapy - Superficial and Interstitial Illumination in Skin and Prostrate Cancer19. Molecular Targeting of Photosensitizers20. Photodynamic Molecular Beacons21. Oxygen Effects in PDT22. OLEDs: Next Generation Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancer23. Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy24. OCT Monitoring of Surgery in Oncology25. Intraoperative OCT MonitoringPART 4: CARDIOLOGY, ANGIOLOGY26. Microvascular Blood Flow: Microcirculation Imaging27. Optical Oximetry28. Fiber Photo-CathetersPART 5: PULMONOLOGY29. Bronchoscopy30. Laser TherapyPART 6: UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY31. Bladder Biopsy with OCT32. Advanced Laser Endoscopy in Urology: Laser Prostate Vaporisation, Laser Surgery, and Laser Removal of Renal CalculiPART 7: GASTROENTEROLOGY33. Barrett's Oesophagus and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - Diagnosis and TherapyPART 8: RHEUMATOLOGY34. Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging35. Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) of Osteoarthritis36. Laser Doppler ImagingPART 9: OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY37. Ocular Diagnostics and Imaging38. Glaucoma Diagnostics39. Early Detection of Cataracts40. Diabetic Retinopathy41. Glaucoma (Laser) Therapy42. Ocular blood flow measurement methodologies and clinical

Jürgen 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)