Optics and Lasers in Biomedicine and Culture
Subtitle: Contributions to the Fifth International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences OWLS V Crete, 13-16 October 1998
By: edited by Costas Fotakis, Theodore G. Papazoglou, Costas Kalpouzos
Contributors: Papazoglou, Theodore G.; Kalpouzos, Costas
Series: Series of the International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences -- 5; Series of the International Society on Optics within Life Sciences -- 5.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint; Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9783642569654
Description: Following to previous OWLS conferences devoted to widespread applications of optics in life sciences, this 5th OWLS Conference focuses on recent achievements in applying lasers and optics in biomedicine and the preservation of our cultural heritage. Particular attention is paid to laser diagnostics in medicine, interaction of laser radiation with biological tissue, aspects of the preservation of cultural heritage, and the development of new systems for these studies. The contributors to this volume cover international research activities in the following areas: Laser-tissue interactions and tissue optics - photon migration in tissue; Medical sensors - fiber optics; Clinical use of lasers (dermatology, ENT, cardiology, etc.); Laser-based techniques in art conservation (cleaning, diagnostics, analytical applications); Imaging techniques and lasers in archaeology; Laser technologies in contemporary art (holography, marking, etc.); and New laser and opto-electronic systems for biomedical and art-related studies.