An introduction to biomedical optics
Helpful information
If you are new to biomedical optics, here are some lists to let you know “what’s out there”.
Duke Vanderbilt Johns Hopkins University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignBoston University Rice University of California, Irvine Wellman Laboratory, Mass General Hospital
Irving Bigio and Sergio Fantini, Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications (Cambridge University Press)
Jerome Mertz, Introduction to Optical Microscopy (Cambridge University Press)
Catherine Boudoux, Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics (Blurb, also Amazon)
Lihong Wong and Hsin-I Wu, Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging (Wiley)
Robert Splinter and Brett A. Hooper, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics (Taylor & Francis)
MCX (Monte Carlo eXtreme), a flexible and powerful open-source platform for photon propagation simulation, led by Qianqian Fang at Northeastern University
Assorted spectra (biological and exogenous), including oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin, hosted by the Oregon Medical Laser Institute
BiOS track at SPIE Photonics West: largest and most comprehensive, every year, late Jan/early Feb
Optica conferences: smaller, in April, every second year
- Bio-Optics: Design and Application (BODA), odd years, early April
- Clinical and Translational Biophotonics (Translational), even years, early April
- European Conference on Biomedical Optics (ECBO), odd years, late June (always in Munich)
Summer retreat meetings – these are the best ways to meet other people at all levels from graduate student on up. Attendees stay in dormitories or a single hotel and spend all day together, including talks, poster sessions, and meals, plus free time for activities.
- Gordon Research Conference, July, even years – 5-day conference in New England
- ECI (Engineering Conferences International), odd years, various locations in US/Canada