Optical Methods and Instrumentation in Brain Imaging and Therapy

1. Optical Properties of Brain Tissue
Steen J. Madsen, Brian C. Wilson

2. History of Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy of Human Tissue
Theodore J. Huppert

3. Diffuse Optical Tomography for Brain Imaging: Continuous Wave Instrumentation and Linear Analysis Methods
Paolo Giacometti, Solomon G. Diamond

4. Diffuse Optical Tomography for Brain Imaging: Theory
Zhen Yuan, Huabei Jiang

5. Laser Speckle Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow
Lisa M. Richards, Erica L. Towle, Douglas J. Fox, Andrew K. Dunn

6. Photoacoustic Tomography of the Brain
Jun Xia, Lihong V. Wang

7. Optical Coherence Tomography for Brain Imaging
Gangjun Liu, Zhongping Chen

8. Delineating Normal from Diseased Brain by Aminolevulinic Acid-Induced Fluorescence
Herbert Stepp, Walter Stummer

9. Intracranial Photodynamic Therapy
Brian C. Wilson, Steen J. Madsen

10. Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Therapy of Brain Tumors
Amani R. Makkouk, Steen J. Madsen

11. Photo-activated Cancer Therapy: Potential for Treatment of Brain Tumors
Henry Hirschberg

Keywords: Physics, Biophysics and Biological Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging / Radiology, Neurosciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Laser Technology, Photonics