Optical Devices and Systems for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 30005
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber-optic sensors and sensor systems; specialty fiber and fiber devices for sensor applications; optical fiber interferometry; optical 3 dimensional imaging systems including OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography), PAI (Photo Acoustic Imaging), and SIM (Structured Illumination Microscopy)
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Interests: fiber optic distributed sensors; structural health monitoring; impact damage detection of composites using fiber optic BOCDA sensors; physical sensing with metal-coated fibers; FBG sensors for multiplexed sensing; Fabry–Perot sensors for medical applications
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Interests: fiber optic laser sources; optical fiber sensors and measuement systems; optical imaging systems for biomedical applications; precision 3D photonic imaging systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Owing to the low loss in propagation, high flexibility in handling, and strong immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI), optical fibers have been widely studied for high speed communications as well as for versatile sensors. Even though fiber optics are among the most powerful tools in optics, there is still great demand for bulk optics. Recently, many efforts have been made to implement novel optical devices and systems for biomedical applications. It is widely agreed that optical coherence tomography (OCT) opened the optics market of biomedical applications. Various systems have been implemented by using the intrinsic properties of optics: intensity, phase, polarization, evanescence, coherence, and interference. In addition to OCT, diffusion optics and acousto optics have been widely studied. Multiphoton microscopy and confocal microscopy have become well-known popular modalities, and various super resolution microscopies could be implemented by using optics. Now, we can get a high resolution three-dimensional image of even the in-vivo brain of a mouse. Sensors based on various optical interferometers have been proposed for biomedical sensing. Plasmonics and nano particles have been introduced to overcome the barrier of dielectric materials. It is expected that this Special Issue, "Optical Devices and Systems for Biomedical Applications", of Applied Science will provide succinct information on the optics of biomedicine. To do so, your contribution as an author or a reviewer is welcome and much appreciated. Any optics, fiber and bulk, that can lead us to the wonderful world of biomedical fields are also welcome to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Byeong Ha Lee
Prof. Dr. Il-Bum Kwon
Prof. Dr. Chang-Seok Kim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Fiber optic sensors and optical interferometers;
- Fiber optic and acousto-optic devices;
- Laser sources;
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT);
- Diffusion optical tomography (DOT);
- Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) or imaging (PAI);
- Structured illumination microscopy (SIM);
- Multiphoton microscopy;
- Confocal microscopy;
- Optical super resolution microscopy;
- Surface plasmonics and nano particles;
- Biophotonics;
- Novel devices and systems for biomedical imaging.
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