Diagnostics (IF 3.706, ISSN 2075-4418) is an international scholarly open access journal on medical diagnostics. It publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, case reports, and interesting images. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. This “Optical Diagnostics” Section of Diagnostics aims to rapidly publish contributions on novel methods of optical diagnostics and improvements in existing techniques. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• biophotonics;
• optical probes;
• fluorescence imaging;
• bioluminescence;
• optical microscopy;
• 2-photon microscopy;
• 3-photon microscopy;
• diffuse optical imaging
• ballistic optical imaging;
• optical coherence tomography;
• spectroscopy;
• laser Doppler imaging
• optical guided surgery;
• endoscopy;
• optical non-invasive diagnostics;
• photonic point-of-care.

Proposals within the scope of the Section are welcome. For more details, please see:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics/sections/Optical_Diagnostics.

If you would like to propose a Special Issue topic for this section, please click the following link, and complete and submit the form: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/diagnostics. Our editors will get back to you shortly.

The duties and benefits of acting as a Guest Editor are as follows:

• Publishing both a review paper and a research paper free of charge in the Special Issue, and potential discount for additional papers you invite;
• Redefining the title and scope of the Special Issue;
• Circulating the call for papers for the Special Issue and inviting submissions;
• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• Promoting the Special Issue and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• If ten or more papers are published in this Special Issue, we can make a Special Issue book and send a hard copy to each Guest Editor.

The Editorial Office will take care of setting up the Special Issue website; arrange the promotional materials; assist with invitations to contribute papers; and take care of the rest of the administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collating reports, contacting authors, and professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]) for further details and clarifications.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Diagnostics Editorial Office