Riccardo Pratesi

Lasers and current optical techniques in biology

Part I: Lasers and Lamps Gas State Lasers Liquid State Lasers Solid State Lasers Semiconductor Lasers Diode Pumped Solid State Lasers Incoherent Light Sources Solid State Lamps Fibre Lasers Methods for the Generation of Light Pulses: From Milliseconds to Attoseconds Part II: Spectroscopic and Imaging Techniques The Autofluorescence Spectroscopy of Cells and Tissue as a Tool for Biomedical Diagnosis Reflectance and Transmittance Spectroscopy Fluorescence Spectroscopy Part III: Microscopy Techniques Optical Microscopy Wide-Field Autofluorescence Microscopy for Imaging of Living Cell Scanning Probe Microscopy Confocal and Multiphoton Microscopy Part IV: Advancing Imaging Techniques and Novel Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Detection Techniques Optical Coherence Tomography Laser Optoacoustic Imaging Polarized Light Imaging Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Detection at Surfaces: Instrument Development, Surface Chemistry, and Applications in Life Science and Medicine Subject Index.

Polarized light imaging of tissues

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Part IV: Advancing imaging techniques and novel ultrasensitive fluorescence detection techniques

Part IV Advanced Imaging Techniques and Novel Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Detection Techniques

Miniature optoelectronic systems in medicine

Progress in the use of miniature optoelectronic systems based on Coherent-Light-Emitting- Diodes (CLEDs) and CLED-pumped solid-state lasers (Microlasers) is reported for: (1) retina photocoagulation with 800 nm diode lasers and 532 nm Nd:YAB Microlasers; (2) endoscopic photocoagulation of gastrointestinal tumors with an 800 nm high power multi-CLED system; (3) 800 nm diode laser-assisted microvascular anastomosis; (4) photodynamic therapy of tumors with 780 nm CLED and 660 nm LED.