Description

This module addresses the role of optics and lasers in the field of biomedicine.

Upon completion of this module, the student should be able to do the following:

• Understand the principles and applications of optical and laser scanning microscopes
including confocal microscopy.
• Describe the interaction of light with matter and describe image characteristics.
• Understand terms such as magnification, resolution, and contrast.
• Explain the principle of confocal laser scanning, multiphoton, and near field
microscopes.
• Understand the concepts of laser applications in optical coherence tomography, Doppler
velocimetry, and medical tomography.
• Explain the basic concepts and applications of holographic imaging, ballistic photon
imaging, photo acoustic imaging, and terahertz imaging.
• Describe the use of principles of photo chemical methods such as fluorescence imaging
and laser Raman spectroscopy.
• Understand the use of photo biological techniques such as immuno fluorescence and
optical biopsies to diagnose diseases.