Diffuse Optical Monitoring of Brain and Breast

• Published in: 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO PR) pp. 1 - 2
• Main Author: Yodh, Arjun G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: OSA 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood flow; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Tomography

The aim of this tutorial is to teach the roots of diffuse optics and then show how this qualitatively different approach to "optics" is finding application in medicine. A long introduction will offer a coherent discussion about light transport in tissue-like turbid media. In particular, we...