Imaging and spectroscopy are important tools for biomedical diagnosis. With the common goals to see clearly, reach deeper, with higher speed and more sensitive specificity, researchers with photonics background work closely with scientist/medical doctors with clinical background. This workshop aims to bring together researchers to create synergy in this important multi-disciplinary research area. Latest technology development in the area of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and spectro-imaging for biomedical applications will be covered in this workshop. The potential and challenges of these diagnosis tools in clinical settings will be discussed as well.

Topics

Fluorescence imaging

Super-resolution imaging

Label-free imaging

Multi-photon imaging

Nonlinear imaging

Photoacoustic imaging

Optical coherence tomography

Multi-modality imaging

Fluorescence spectroscopy

Elastic-scattering spectroscopy

Near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy

THz imaging and spectroscopy

IR-absorption spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy

Hyperspectral imaging

Optogenetics

Translational research in bio-imaging and bio-spectroscopy