Optical techniques in regenerative medicine This book is focused on the optical techniques that can be applied to regenerative medicine including optical coherence tomography acousto optic imaging Raman spectroscopy machine vision polarized light imaging fibre optic sensors second harmonic generation multi photon microscopy coherent anti Stokes Raman scattering and polarized light imaging. It covers applications both in fundamental research and in the regenerative medicine industry for tissue engineering products. Each chapter gives an overview of a particular technique its advantages and limitations in terms of structural and functional information provided and examples of applications in regenerative medicine. The book provides a practical guide to the most appropriate techniques for a given application. It also offers a summary of major recent advances such as use of machine vision for tracking growth of three dimensional constructs in bioreactors and polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography for monitoring collagen alignment in cartilage growth Provided by publisher This book is focused on the optical techniques that can be applied to regenerative medicine including optical coherence tomography acousto optic imaging Raman spectroscopy machine vision polarized light imaging fibre optic sensors second harmonic generation multi photon microscopy coherent anti Stokes Raman scattering and polarized light imaging. It covers applications both in fundamental research and in the regenerative medicine industry for tissue engineering products. Each chapter gives an overview of a particular technique its advantages and limitations in terms of structural and functional information provided and examples of applications in regenerative medicine. The book provides a practical guide to the most appropriate techniques for a given application. It also offers a summary of major recent advances such as use of machine vision for tracking growth of three dimensional constructs in bioreactors and polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography for monitoring collagen alignment in cartilage growth