diagnosing diseases, 251
diagnosis of bacterial infections, 252
discover tissue malignancies, 251
healthcare diagnosis, 252
monitoring wound healing, 252
quantifying microvascular bloodflow, 251
sensing constituents in blood, 251
Spectroscopic techniques, 252
Brillouin scattering spectroscopy, 252
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
diffuse correlation spectroscopy, 252
elastic scattering spectroscopy, 252
fluorescence spectroscopy, 252
fluorescent correlation spectroscopy, 252
Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy, 252
photon correlation spectroscopy, 252
Raman spectroscopy, 252
stimulated Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
surface-enhanced Raman scattering
spectroscopy, 252
Specular reflection, 43 , 145
Speed of light, 8
Star coupler, 137
Stereomicroscope, 229
Stimulated Raman scattering, 274
Superluminescent diode, 110
Super-resolutionfluorescence microscopy, 247
Surface enhanced Raman scattering.SeeSERS
Surface plasmon resonance biosensors, 217
Swept source OCT, 293
T
Temporal width, 29
Tethered capsule endomicroscopy, 299
Therapeutic window, 11
Thermal interactions, 173
carbonization, 175
coagulation, 175
fractional laser technique, 176
photorejuvenation, 175
vaporization, 175
Thermal noise current, 126
Time domain OCT, 286
axial resolution, 290
coherence length, 290
image resolution, 290
lateral resolution, 292
Tissue, 19
Total internal reflection,38.See also
Reflection
Transmission coefficients,40.See also
Reflection
Transmittance,41. See alsoReflection
Transverse electromagnetic waves, 30
Trap stiffness, 319
Turbid medium, 43 , 154
Two-photon-excitation,244.See also
Multiphoton microscopy
U
Upright microscope, 228
UV spectral region,10.See alsoBiophotonics
V
Vibrational relaxation, 254
Visible spectrum, 9
V number,58.See alsoOpticalfibers
W
Wave front, 26
Wavelength, 26
Wave optics, 26
Wave propagation constant, 30
Wave theory, 25
Wave vector, 30
Wide-field microscopes, 226
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