Handbook of Biomedical Optics
"… a great resource for scientists and graduate students in biomedical engineering and optics. In addition to providing background information on classical optics, irradiation guidelines and tissue optical properties, this book offers a thorough treatment of tomographic and microscopic imaging technologies."—Optics & Photonics News, January 2013"This handbook is a successful attempt to provide as much as possible information to a number of physicists, R&D engineers, clinicians and scientists who would like to apply contemporary concepts and techniques to solving biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. It often covers areas that are not conventionally addressed, and is generally thought-provoking and brain-stimulating … . The book can serve as an excellent tutorial for students and young investigators finding their way through the intense and exciting field of biomedical optics. It is a relevant reference for scientists and also a good teaching tool. … a good balance between introductory knowledge and high-level expertise, without burdening the reader with excessive data. What makes it really unique is its scope. This is a handbook of thirty-five chapters, covering an enormous breadth of material… . An additional value is that the book is truly state of the art."—Boris Gramatikov, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Biomedical Engineering Online, February 2012"Handbook of Biomedical Opticsis a useful addition as an overall source to help educate the new and present generation of graduate students, researchers, and medical professionals. … highly recommend it. It provides an in-depth review and overall treatment covering most areas of biomedicine from the ground-level foundations of optics to background on photon transport in tissues, theory, and experiments. …Handbook of Biomedical Opticsis a major contribution to the biomedical optics field and will serve as a great resource."—Journal of Biomedical Optics,December 2011