Lasers in Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advent of the laser, beginning with the first demonstration by Theodore Maiman in 1960, represents a significant milestone in biophotonics and biomedical applications. Lasers offer high precision in imaging and diagnostics such as in optoacoustic or photoacoustic tomography (OAT or PAT), optical coherence tomography (OCT), diffuse optical tomography (DOT), fluorescence optical imaging (FOI), laser Doppler imaging (LDI) and Raman spectroscopy and in minimally invasive therapeutic techniques such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), photothermal therapy (PTT) and low-level laser therapy (LLLT). It is important to note that the application of fluorescence and photoacoustic dual-modality imaging for hypoxia in living cells plays a significant role in tumor hypoxia. In this context, the combination of diagnostics (imaging) and therapeutics, theragnosis, to achieve a more precise and targeted approach to disease management, particularly cancer, is emerging as an important field for the future of lasers in biophotonics and biomedical applications. This area is poised for further innovation driven by emerging technologies including nanotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI): nanotechnology, through the interaction of lasers with nanoparticles, will create more effective and less invasive methods for drug delivery and cancer treatment, while AI will increase the precision of imaging and diagnostics following the acquisition of patient-specific results. By this means, the combination of nanotechnology and AI holds immense potential for scientific and technological advancements in lasers within the context of biophotonics and biomedical applications.
Prof. Dr. Horacio Lamela Rivera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- laser
- biology
- imaging and diagnosis
- therapy
- theragnosis
- tumor hypoxia
- nanotechnology
- cancer
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