42-474 Special Topics: Introduction to Biophotonics
9 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Biophotonics, or biomedical optics, is a field dealing with the application of optical science and imaging technology to biomedical problems, including clinical applications. The course introduces basic concepts in electromagnetism and light tissue interactions, including optical properties of tissue, absorption, fluorescence, and light scattering. Imaging methods will be described, including fluorescence imaging, Raman spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, diffuse optical spectroscopy, and photoacoustic tomography. The basic physics and engineering of each imaging technique are emphasized. Their relevance to human disease diagnostic and clinical applications will be included, such as breast cancer imaging and monitoring, 3D retinal imaging, ways of noninvasive tumor detection, as well as functional brain imaging in infants. NOTE 42474 is intended for undergraduates only. Prerequisite 33107 Physics II for Engineering Students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: 33-107
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