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Calls for Papers:
Special Section on Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Honoring Prof. Roger Tsien, a Pioneer in Biomedical Optics
Optical Imaging, Sensing, and Light Interactions in Cells and Tissues
Optical Elastography and Measurement of Tissue Biomechanics
Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
Optical Coherence Tomography and Interferometry: Advanced Engineering and Biomedical Applications
Nanobio-Based Optical Sensing and Imaging
Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials for Applications in Biophotonics
October 2013
Special Section on Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Honoring Prof. Roger Tsien, a Pioneer in Biomedical Optics
Guest Editors:
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Vasilis Ntziachristos, PhD
Technical University of Munich
Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
Ismaninger Str. 22
81675 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49-89-3187-3852
Fax: +49-89-3187-3008
E-mail: vntziachristos@gmail.com
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Yingxiao Peter Wang, PhD
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Department of Bioengineering
405 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801Tel: 217-333-6727
Fax: 217-265-0246
E-mail: yingxiao@illinois.edu
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Michael Lin, PhD
Stanford University
Pediatrics and Bioengineering
Stanford, California 94305
Tel: 650-721-1681
Fax: 650-498-6540
E-mail: mzlin@stanford.edu
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Call for papers: Prof. Roger Tsien is a prolific investigator with a long history of revolutionizing the ability to detect structures and signals from cells and tissues using optical methods. He has enabled unprecedented insights into cell biology and neurobiology through the discovery of green fluorescent protein and subsequent work in red-shifted variants, as well as genetically encoded molecular probes, for which he was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie. Besides this most notable distinction, he has brought a plethora of seminal contributions to optical imaging agents. From calcium indicator dyes used for Ca2+ concentration measurements in living cells to biarsenical smart agents or cell-penetrating peptidic-based agents, his creativity and productivity have led the way of fluorescence molecular imaging.
To honor those achievements, this special section is dedicated to his contributions in the field of optical imaging and invites papers in the fields of fluorescence imaging as follows:
- Novel fluorescent imaging probes
- Novel fluorescent protein discovery and validation
- Applications of fluorescent proteins to new imaging or analysis techniques
- Fluorescence intravital and intraoperative imaging.
Closed for submissions.
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November 2013
Optical Imaging, Sensing, and Light Interactions in Cells and Tissues
Guest Editors:
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Shy Shoham
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
Haifa 32000, Israel
E-mail: sshoham@bm.technion.ac.il
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Bruce J. Tromberg
University of California, Irvine
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
1002 Health Sciences Road
Irvine, California 92617-3010
E-mail: bjtrombe@uci.edu
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Call for papers: The 1st Biophotonics Meeting in Israel (BPI 2012) was held at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, from 9-11 December 2012 (www.spie.org/bpi). It brought together Israeli and international scientists and researchers from both academia and industry to present and discuss latest achievements in the field of biophotonics. A special emphasis was put on translational research that can bring those scientific and technological achievements to the industry, thereby facilitating better clinical care.
This special section of the Journal of Biomedical Optics will publish selected papers presented at this meeting. Authors who did not participate in this conference are also invited to submit relevant papers on the subjects described here.
Relevant topics include:
- Neuro-photonics, imaging, sensing, and stimulation
- Laser tissue interactions and new treatment modalities
- New optical probes for molecular sensing, including nanoparticles
- Imaging and sensing techniques, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), nonlinear microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, photoacoustic tomography, confocal microscopy, and optical tweezers
- Photonic sensing healthcare solutions for remote and underdeveloped world regions
- Superresolution microscopy, including STED, PALM, STORM, SOFI, etc.
- Spectroscopic and interferometric optical imaging and sensing, including holography and light-scattering-based techniques.
Closed for submissions.
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December 2013
Optical Elastography and Measurement of Tissue Biomechanics
Guest Editors:
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Ruikang K. Wang
University of Washington
Department of Bioengineering
William H. Foege Building N410E, Box 355061
3720 15th Ave NE
Seattle, Washington 98195-5061
Tel: +1 206-616-5025
Fax: +1 206-685 3300
E-mail: wangrk@uw.edu
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David D. Sampson
The University of Western Australia
School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, M018
Optical & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009
Western Australia, Australia
Tel: +61 8 6488 7112
Fax: +61 8 6488 1319
E-mail: david.sampson@uwa.edu.au
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Stephen A. Boppart
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Tel: +1 217-333-8598
Fax: +1 217-333-5833
E-mail: boppart@illinois.edu
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Brendan F. Kennedy
The University of Western Australia
School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, M018
Optical & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009
Western Australia, Australia
Tel: +61 8 6488 4746
Fax: +61 8 6488 1319
E-mail: brendan.kennedy@uwa.edu.au
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Call for papers: Optical elastography is the use of optics to measure the mechanical properties of tissues and cells. With the high-resolution imaging capabilities of optics, this rapidly emerging field builds on and complements the related fields of ultrasound and magnetic resonance elastography, as well as complements existing methods for biomechanics, such as scanning probe microscopy and rheology. Accurate determination of tissue biomechanical properties using optics holds promise for clinical diagnosis and interpretation of various diseases. This special section focuses on all aspects of the development and application of biomedical optics and biophotonics for imaging and measuring the biomechanical properties of cells, tissues, and their constituents, both in animal models and in humans. Papers are solicited on the following and related topics:
- Optical elastography methods and applications in general
- Optical coherence tomography/elastography
- Speckle and particle tracking, and holography
- Signal processing methods for optical elastography
- Quantitative methods, including combining modeling and measurement
- Novel loading schemes, such as focused ultrasound, photothermal, and magnetomotive
- Methods for measuring viscoelastic properties in particular
- Photoacoustics directed towards biomechanics
- Brillouin scattering for biomechanics
- Dynamic methods for characterizing tissue vibration, such as in the ear and vocal chords
- Dynamic methods for characterizing in vivo tissue motion
- In vivo elastography
- Elastography applied to characterization of ex vivo and in vivo tissue pathology
- Intraoperative elastography applications (such as in breast cancer, lung cancer, etc.)
- Elastography in cardiology
- Biomechanics of the eye and ophthalmic applications of optical elastography
- Hard tissue biomechanics in bones and dental applications
- Biomechanics in tissue engineering and biomaterials
- Biomechanics in developmental biology
- Rheology measurements using optical techniques
- Single cell mechanics, motility, and adhesion.
Manuscripts due 1 July 2013.
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January 2014
Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Sensing
Guest Editors:
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Chi-Kuang Sun, PhD
National Taiwan University
Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics
No. 1 Roosevelt Road Sec. 4
Taipei 10617
Taiwan
E-mail: sun@ntu.edu.tw
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Arthur Chiou, PhD
National Yang-Ming University
Biophotonics Interdisciplinary Research Center
No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street
Taipei 112
Taiwan
E-mail: aechiou@ym.edu.tw
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Fu-Jen Kao, PhD
National Yang-Ming University
Institute of Biophotonics
No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street
Taipei 112
Taiwan
E-mail: fjkao@ym.edu.tw
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Call for papers: This special section of the Journal of Biomedical Optics is planned as a collection of selected papers presented at Optics and Photonics Taiwan, the International Conference (December 6-8, 2012, National Taiwan University, Taiwan) and Biomedical Molecular Imaging 2012 (December 10-11, 2012, New Taipei, Taiwan). Authors who did not participate in these conferences are also invited to submit papers focused on advanced biomedical imaging and sensing.
Topics may include:
- Clinical, preclinical molecular imaging, and optical endoscopy
- 3-D imaging techniques, including OCT, nonlinear microscopy, confocal microscopy, holographic tomography, and photoacoustic tomography
- Superresolution microscopy and FLIM/FRET microscopy
- Novel optical probes
- Molecular sensing
- Microrheology, optical tweezers, and optical patterning
- Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy.
Closed for submissions.
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February 2014
Optical Coherence Tomography and Interferometry: Advanced Engineering and Biomedical Applications
Guest Editors:
Valery V. Tuchin
Saratov State University
Department of Optics and Biophotonics
83 Astrakhanskaya Str.
Saratov, 410012 Russia
Precise Mechanics and Control Institute RAS
Saratov, 410028 Russia
University of Oulu
Oulu, FIN-90014 Finland
Tel: +7 904 241 9710
Fax: +7(8452)278529
E-mail: tuchinvv@mail.ru
Kirill V. Larin
University of Houston
Department of Biomedical Engineering
3605 Cullen Boulevard, Room 2023
Houston, Texas 77204-5060
Tel: 832-842-8834
E-mail: klarin@uh.edu
Alex Vitkin
University of Toronto
Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation
Oncology Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital
Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging
610 University Ave, Room 7-415
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9
Tel: 416 946-2990
Fax: 416 946-6529
E-mail: vitkin@uhnres.utoronto.ca
Call for Papers: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and interferometry (OCI) based on temporally low-coherent light interactions with inhomogeneous tissues and blood are promising for noninvasive medical diagnostics, early detection and characterization of many human pathologies, and therapeutic guidance and monitoring. The focus of this special issue will be on advances in biophotonic engineering of OCT and OCI, their physical and mathematical foundations, innovative optical designs, novel contrast approaches, and preclinical/clinical applications.Papers are solicited on the following and related topics:
- theory of low-coherent light interaction with tissues and blood
- new light sources for OCT systems, including VCSEL, FDML lasers, and PCF supercontinuum
- ultrahigh-speed and adaptive OCT
- full-field OCT
- spectroscopic and functional OCT
- Doppler, angiographic, and polarization-sensitive OCT
- phase-contrast and speckle techniques in OCT and OCI
- white-light interferometry
- optical coherence microscopy (OCM) and μOCT
- MEMS- and NEMS-based OCT and OCI
- multimodal optical imaging with OCT (fluorescence, multiphoton, Raman, ultrasound, etc.)
- OCI topography
- novel signal processing and image analysis methods in OCT and OCI
- real-time graphics processing for acceleration of OCT computations, including hybrid FPGA and GPU methodologies
- exogenous contrast for OCT, including molecular, magnetic, and angiographic agents
- innovative OCT probes, including endoscopic, interstitial, and intravascular approaches
- OCT tissue elastography and vibrometry
- preclinical and clinical applications of OCT.
Manuscripts due 1 June 2013.
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May 2014
Nanobio-Based Optical Sensing and Imaging
Guest Editors:
Min-Gon Kim
Gwangu Institute of Science and Technology
Department of Physics and Photonic Science
123 Cheomdan-qwagiro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712
Republic of Korea
E-mail: mkim@gist.ac.kr
Woo Keun Song
Gwangu Institute of Science and Technology
School of Life Science
123 Cheomdan-qwagiro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712
Republic of Korea
E-mail: wksong@gist.ac.kr
Kun Ho Lee
College of Natural Sciences, Chosun University
Department of Marine Life Science
309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759
Republic of Korea
E-mail: leekho@chosun.ac.kr
Bahman Anvari
University of California Riverside
2011 Materials Science & Engineering Building
900 University Avenue
Riverside, California 92521-0001
E-mail: bahman.anvari@ucr.edu
Call for papers: Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to improvements in numerous fields, including biomedical research and health care systems. Since nanoscale materials and devices are similar in size with common biological structures, they have much more efficient interaction with the biological targets than traditional macroscale structures do. Consequently, the successful application of nanotechnology in the areas of biosensing, imaging, and spectroscopy is expected to revolutionize medical research and diagnostics, ultimately leading to unprecedented improvement in healthcare. This special section will cover a wide range of research topics on the optical sensing of nanobiomaterials, nanomaterial-based biological imaging, and spectrum technology, based on the international conference SPIE 2013 Nano-Bio Sensing, Imaging & Spectroscopy (NBSIS).
This call for papers is open to anyone who wishes to submit a relevant paper to this special section, even if you did not attend the conference. This special section will provide detailed information on the latest research results and trends on the use of optical technology for ultrasensitive detection, imaging, and spectroscopy of nanobiomaterials, and will allow many scholars and scientists in this field to share their ideas on the current challenges and the future development directions for the enhancement in medical research, disease diagnostics, and treatment.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Nanobio-based optical sensing materials and devices
- Optical sensing of biomaterials
- Biomedical applications of nanobio-optical sensing
- Nanomaterials and devices for imaging
- Simulation of nanobiosensing and -imaging
- Optical imaging of nanobiomaterials
- Biomedical applications of nanobioimaging
- Nanobiophotonic materials and devices
- Diagnostic applications of nanobiospectroscopy.
Manuscripts due 1 August 2013.
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June 2014
Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials for Applications in Biophotonics
Guest Editors:
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Bahman Anvari
University of California Riverside
Department of Bioengineering
211 Materials Science & Engineering Building
900 University Avenue
Riverside, California 92521-0001
E-mail: bahman.anvari@ucr.edu
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Pablo del Pino
Universidad de Zaragoza
Aragon Institute of Nanoscience
Campus Rio Ebro Edif I+D c/Mariano Esquillor
Zaragoza, Spain 50018
E-mail: pdelpino@unizar.es
Vikas Kundra
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Radiology
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030-4000
E-mail: vkundra@mdanderson.org
Wolfgang Parak
Philipps Universitaet Marburg
Biophotonics and Physics Department
Renthof 7
Marburg, Germany 35037
E-mail: wolfgang.parak@physik.uni-marburg.de
Call for Papers: Biomimetic and bioinspired materials present an emerging field in the areas of biomedicine, bioengineering, and biological sciences. The aim of this special section is to present some of the current state-of-the-art research activities on the use of such materials in relation to the field of biophotonics. Illustrative topical areas are:
- Design, fabrication, and characterization of optical biomimetic or bioinspired structures
- Physical and chemical properties
- Interactions with surfaces and biological entities
- Cell and tissue response, biocompatibility, or biodistribution
- Optical sensing, diagnostics, imaging, and phototherapeutic applications
- Modeling and simulation.
Submissions due 1 September 2013.
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Published Special Sections:
Optical Methods of Imaging in the Skin (June 2013)
Guest Editor: Jürgen Lademann
Multiphoton Microscopy: Technical Innovations, Biological Applications, and Clinical Diagnostics (March 2013)
Guest Editors: Paul J. Campagnola, Chen-Yuan Dong, Karsten Koenig, Jerome Mertz, Peter T. C. So, Chris Xu
Laser Technologies for Biomedical Applications (October 2012)
Guest Editors: Ekaterina Borisova, Herbert Schneckenburger, Alexander Priezzhev
Optical Diagnostic and Biophotonic Methods from Bench to Bedside (August 2012)
Guest Editors: Amir Gandjbakhche, Jana M. Kainerstorfer, and Bruce Tromberg
Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Optical Coherence Tomography and Medical Imaging Using Diffuse Optics (July 2012)
Guest Editors: Stefan Andersson-Engels and Peter E. Andersen
Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing (June 2012)
Guest Editors: Mark A. Anastasio and Paul C. Beard
Endomicroscopy Technologies and Biomedical Applications (February 2012)
Guest editors: Xingde Li and Warren S. Grundfest
FRET at 65 (January 2012)
Guest editors: Ammasi Periasamy, Steven S. Vogel, and Robert M. Clegg
Hard-Tissue Optics and Related Methods (July 2011)
Guest editors: Daniel Fried, Andreas Mandelis, and Michael Morris
Photonics and Nanotechnology in Biophysics and Biomedical Research (May 2011)
Guest editors: Bahman Anvari, Raoul Kopelman, and Luke P. Lee
Coherent Raman Imaging Techniques and Biomedical Applications (February 2011)
Guest editors: Eric O. Potma, Ji-Xin Cheng, and X. Sunney Xie
Pioneers in Biomedical Optics: Michael Feld (January 2011)
Guest Editors: Ramachandra Dasari, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, and Andrew Berger
Optical Diagnostic and Biophotonic Methods from Bench to Bedside (November/December 2010)
Guest Editors: Amir Gandjbakhche, Bruce Tromberg, and Jana Maria Kainerstorfer
Pioneers in Biomedical Optics: Prof. Tayyaba Hasan (September/October 2010)
Guest Editors: Brian W. Pogue, Georges A. Wagnieres, and Lothar D. Lilge
Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Photodynamic Therapy and Optical Micromanipulation for Biophotonics (July/August 2010)
Guest Editors: Stefan Andersson-Engels and Peter E. Andersen
Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing (March/April 2010)
Guest Editors: Lihong V. Wang and Alexander A. Oraevsky
Optical Methods in Vascular Biology and Medicine (January/February 2010)
Guest Editors: Bernard Choi, Brett Bouma, Dai Fukumura, and Rakesh K. Jain
Nanophotonics for Diagnostics, Protection, and Treatment of Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases (March/April 2009)
Guest Editors: Valery V. Tuchin, Rebekah Drezek, Shuming Nie, and Vladimir P. Zharov
Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Diffuse Optics and Optical Molecular Imaging (July/August 2008)
Guest Editors: Stefan Andersson-Engels and Peter E. Andersen
Visible Fluorescent Proteins (May/June 2008)
Guest Editors: Alberto "Alby" Diaspro and Ammasi Periasamy
Optical Clearing of Tissues and Cells (March/April 2008)
Guest Editors: Valery V. Tuchin, Ruikang K. Wang, and Alvin T. Yeh
Small-Animal Optical Imaging (January/February 2008)
Guest Editors: Vasilis Ntziachristos, Joseph P. Culver, and Bradley W. Rice
Pioneers in Biomedical Optics: Honoring F.F. Jobsis (November/December 2007)
Guest Editors: David T. Delpy, Marco Ferrari, Claude A. Piantadosi, and Mamoru Tamura
Optical Diagnostic Imaging from Bench to Bedside (September/October 2007)
Guest Editors: Amir Gandjbakhche and Abby Vogel
Optical Coherence Tomography in Ophtalmology (July/August 2007)
Guest Editors: Wolfgang Drexler and James G. Fujimoto
Photonics in the Auditory System (March/April 2007)
Guest Editors: Bahman Anvari, William E. Brownell, Dennis M. Freeman, and Mats Ulfendahl
Pioneers in Biomedical Optics: Honoring Professor Ashley J. Welch (July/August 2006)
Guest Editors: E. Duco Jansen and Sohi Rastegar
Cardiovascular Photonics (March/April 2006)
Guest Editors: Laura Marcu, Guillermo J. Tearney, and Kenton W. Gregory
Optical Diagnostic Imaging from Bench to Bedside (September/October 2005)
Guest Editors: Amir Gandjbakhche and Israel Gannot
Chemical and Genetic Sensors in Biomedical Research (July/August 2005)
Guest Editors: Samuel Achilefu, Christopher H. Contag, Alexander P. Savitsky, and Ralph Weissleder
Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy (May/June 2005)
Guest Editors: Michael D. Morris, Andrew Berger, and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen
Optics in Neuroscience (January/February 2005)
Guest Editors: David A. Boas, Ph.D. and Ron D. Frostig, Ph.D.
Optics in Breast Cancer (November 2004)
Guest Editors: Sergio Fantini, Ph.D., K. Thomas Moesta, M.D., and Brian W. Pogue, Ph.D.
Pioneers in Biomedical Optics: Prof. Watt Webb (September 2004)
Guest Editors: David W. Piston and Elliott Elson
Biomedical Optics and Women's Health (May 2004)
Guest Editors: Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Michele Follen
Optics of the Human Skin (March 2004)
Guest Editor: J. Stuart Nelson
Ophthalmic Diagnostics (January 2004)
Guest Editors: Rafat R. Ansari and J. Sebag
Multiphoton Microscopy (July 2003)
Guest Editors: Ammasi Periasamy Ph.D. and Alberto Diaspro Ph.D.
Tools for Biomolecular and Cellular Analysis (October 2002)
Guest Editors: Richard B. Thompson and Fran Ligler
Tissue Polarimetry (July 2002)
Guest Editors: Lihong V. Wang, Gerard L. Coté, and Steven L. Jacques
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy: From Benchtop to Bedside (January 2002)
Guest Editors: Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Michael Patterson, and Michele Follen
Frontiers in Microscopy (July 2001)
Guest Editors: M. J. Booth and T. Wilson
Advances in Contrast Agents, Reporters, and Detection (April 2001)
Guest Editors: Darryl J. Bornhop, Christopher H. Contag, Kai Licha, and Catherine J. Murphy
Continuation of Special Issue Honoring Professor Britton Chance (July 2000)
Special Issue Honoring Professor Britton Chance (April 2000)
Guest Editors: Arjun G. Yodh and Bruce J. Tromberg
Medical Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (October 1999)
Guest Editors: Kazuo Okada and Takafumi Hamaoka
Photodynamic Therapy (July 1999)
Guest Editors: Piotr Ziókowski, Krzysztof Symonowicz, Beata J. Osiecka, Jerzy Rabczyski, and Jerzy Gerber
Biomedical Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging (January 1999)
Guest Editor: Michael D. Morris
Optical Diagnostics of Biological Fluids (January 1999)
Guest Editors: Alexander V. Priezzhev and Toshimitsu Asakura
Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedical Science and Clinics (January 1999)
Guest Editors: Valery V. Tuchin, Halina Podbielska, and Christoph K. Hitzenberger
Interferometry in Biomedicine: part 2 (July 1998)
Interferometry in Biomedicine: part 1 (January 1998)
Guest Editors: Halina Podbielska, Christoph K. Hitzenberger, and Valery V. Tuchin
Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging of Tissues (October 1996)
Guest Editors: Marco Ferrari, David T. Delpy, and David A. Benaron
Light Scatter and Fluorescence of the Eye Lens (July 1996)
Guest Editor: Barbara K. Pierscionek
