Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
Toyohiko Yatagai
Osamu Matoba
Yoshihisa Aizu
Yasuhiro Awatsuji
Yuan Luo

Toyohiko Yatagai, Osamu Matoba, Yoshihisa Aizu, Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Yuan Luo, “Biomedical Imaging andSensing,” J. Biomed. Opt. 24(3), 031001 (2019), doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.24.3.031001.

Special Section Guest Editorial

Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
Toyohiko Yatagai, PhD
Utsunomiya University
Japan
E-mail: yatagai@cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Osamu Matoba, PhD
Kobe University
Japan
E-mail: matoba@kobe-u.ac.jp
Yoshihisa Aizu, PhD
Muroran Institute of TechnologyJapanE-mail: aizu@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp
Yasuhiro Awatsuji, PhD
Kyoto Institute of TechnologyJapanE-mail: awatsuji@kit.ac.jp
Yuan Luo, PhD
National Taiwan University
TaiwanE-mail: yuanluo@ntu.edu.tw

This special section on Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
provides a collection of papers related to the topics ofthe Biomedical Imaging and Sensing conference of 2018
(BISC’18), which was held from 24 to 27 April, in Yokohama,Japan. This conference provides an international forum forreporting recent progress in imaging and sensing in biologyand medicine, as well as related areas. In biomedical optics
and photonics, optical tools are employed for the understanding and treatment of diseases, from the cellular level to macroscopic applications. At the cellular level, highly precise laser
applications allow the manipulation, operation or stimulationof cells, even in living organisms or animals. Optical microscopy has been revolutionized by a thorough understanding ofdifferent markers and their switching behavior. Marker-freemicroscopy technologies, like CARS, SHG or THG-microscopy, and digital holographic microscopy (DHM), are spreading into multiple biological and clinical imaging applications.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is continuously broadening its clinical applicability by becoming even higher resolution, higher speed, and more compact. In the broader field of
optics and photonics, biomedical imaging and sensing are themost quickly progressing and expanding areas. Techniquesdeveloped in these areas can greatly advance physical,engineering, and biological knowledge, as well as optics andphotonics technology.
This conference includes basic research at the cellularlevel, through clinical applications of various optical technologies. Topics covered include medical and biological imaging
instrumentation and techniques, advanced microscopy,

advanced endoscopy, super resolution in biomedical imaging
and sensing, computational imaging in biomedical imaging
and sensing, adaptive optics in biomedical imaging and sensing, structured illumination in biomedical imaging and sensing, interferometry and holography in biology and medicine,
optical coherence tomography, digital holography, quantitative phase imaging, diffuse spectroscopy and tomography,
photoacoustic imaging, multimodal imaging and sensing, optical biopsy, multispectral imaging and sensing, spectroscopicimaging and sensing, scattering imaging, fluorescence imaging, molecular imaging, terahertz sensing, imaging and sensing techniques for biomedicine, optical fibers and sensors forbiomedicine, and multimodality optical diagnostic systems.
Recent computational imaging technologies such as lightfield imaging, digital holography, and compressive sensing
are expected to open up new imaging techniques to improveimage quality from limited information, to obtain multimodal
physical parameters, and to apply weak light conditions using
photon-counting devices. We believe that this special section
on biomedical imaging and sensing is helpful to advancing
biomedical imaging and sensing techniques.

Acknowledgments
We would like to thank all program committee members andparticipants of BISC’18. We would also like to thank the JBO
publication staff at SPIE for their invaluable support. Finally,
we would like to thank Prof. Lihong Wang for his overall
support of this special section.

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