New Perspectives in Biomedical Optics and Optical Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

Biophotonics is a combination of biology and photonics, with photonics describing the science and technology of generating, manipulating, and detecting photons. It develops and applies optical techniques, particularly imaging, to the study of biological molecules, cells, and tissue. Through years of development, biophotonics has become the established general term for all techniques that deal with the interaction between biological items and photons. Areas of application include life science, medicine, agriculture, etc. Nowadays, biophotonics is an interdisciplinary field involving the interaction between photons and biological materials including tissues, cells, sub-cellular structures, and molecules. The objective of this Special Issue is to provide a vehicle for communicating important advancements in the use of optical methods/technologies for medical imaging and therapies.

For this Special Issue, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Optical imaging;
• Terahertz imaging;
• Optical coherence tomography;
• Near-infrared spectroscopy;
• Photoacoustic/Thermoacoustic tomography and microscopy;
• Photobiomodulation;
• Photodynamic therapy;
• Photoimmunotherapy;
• Deep learning and artificial intelligence in optical imaging;
• Translational and clinical applications.

Dr. Lin Huang
Dr. Xiong Wang
Dr. Shuangli Liu
Guest Editors

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