Biomedical and Resonance Optics : Theory and Practice This book discusses fundamentally new biomedical imaging methods such as holography holographic and resonant interferometry and speckle optics. It focuses on the development of holographic interference microscopy and its use in the study of phase objects such as nerve and muscle fibers subjected to the influence of laser radiation magnetic fields and hyperbaric conditions. The book shows how the myelin sheath and even the axon itself exhibit waveguide properties enabling a fresh new look at the mechanisms of information transmission in the human body. The book presents theoretically and experimentally tested holographic and speckle optical methods and devices used for investigating complex diffusely scattering surfaces such as skin and muscle tissue. Additionally it gives broad discussion of the authors’ own original fundamental and applied research dedicated to helping physicians introduce new contact less methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems into medical practice. The book is aimed at a broad spectrum of scientific specialists in the fields of speckle optics holography laser physics morphology and cytochemistry as well as medical professionals such as physiologists neuropathologists neurosurgeons cardiologists and dentists. Resonance Methods for Increasing Sensitivity of Interferometry Fluorescence Dynamic Holography Holographic Microscopy of Phase and Diffuse Objects Under the Influence of Laser Radiation Magnetic Fields Hyperbary Holographic Interferometry for Studying Time Varying States of the Human Surface Circulatory System Speckle Optical Methods and Devices for Studying Human Skin and Muscle Tissue Laser Specklometer Speckle Optical Diagnostics and Laser Hemotherapy in Treatment of Diseases of Peripheral Nervous System.