Category: Textbooks

Developed specifically for the iPad, The Clinical Atlas of OCT offers a rapid and interactive guidance to a systematic and scientifically critical interpretation of OCT images for interventional cardiologists, pathologists, and other physicians, technicians, trainees and research staff.  See screenshots by clicking HERE. Led by Professor Patrick W. Serruys, Dr. Maria Radu, Dr. Lorenz Räber and Dr. Hector Garcia-Garcia, the team behind this publication includes several international well-renowned experts and key opinion leaders within the field of intracoronary imaging and pathology. The Clinical Atlas of Intravascular OCT comprises eight separate chapters offering the following contents: 1. Principles of OCT 2 ...

This book has been written to provide readers with a set of complementary viewpoints and perspectives on what is probably the most impressive imaging technique currently available, optical coherence tomography (OCT). The speed of data acquisition, its noninvasive imaging, and its excellent image resolution make this technique distinct in any field of medicine. Two different communities contributed to the contents of the book. Part I provides viewpoints on the impact that OCT has made on imaging the human retina in vivo from reputed ophthalmologists, its users. In Part II, leading experts in the field discuss the technique itself and describe ...

The geometric and anatomical complexity of bifurcations makes its systematic scientific approach very challenging. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is able to depict accurately the plaque distribution around the bifurcation, to provide valuable information to tailor the procedure in each specific case, and to assess the result after stenting. Some guidelines are proposed for the systematic study of bifurcations with OCT, assessing the apposition, tissue coverage, the presence of overlap or multi-layer segments, the presence of non-apposed side-branch struts, the scaffolding of the carina and the shoulder, and the access to the side branch.

This book presents the fundamental physics of optical interferometry as applied to biophysical, biological and medical research. Interference is at the core of many types of optical detection and is a powerful probe of cellular and tissue structure in interfererence microscopy and in optical coherence tomography. It is also the root cause of speckle and other imaging artefacts that limit range and resolution. For biosensor applications, the inherent sensitivity of interferometry enables ultrasensitive detection of molecules in biological samples for medical diagnostics. In this book, emphasis is placed on the physics of light scattering, beginning with the molecular origins of ...

New imaging technologies have revolutionized the study of developmental biology. Where researchers once struggled to connect events at static timepoints, imaging tools now offer the ability to visualize the dynamic form and function of molecules, cells, tissues, and whole embryos throughout the entire developmental process. Imaging in Developmental Biology: A Laboratory Manual, a new volume in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press’ Imaging series, presents a comprehensive set of essential visualization methods. The manual features primers on live imaging of a variety of standard model organisms including C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, Xenopus, avian species, and mouse. Further techniques are organized by ...

A review chapter on "Current Technologies for High-Speed and Functional Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography" written by Dr. Rainer A. Leitgeb from Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at the Medical University of Vienna. Chapter should be of interest to the OCT community and contains an overview about current functional imaging techniques in OCT including Doppler, PSOCT, spectroscopic OCT, as well as endogenous and exogenous contrasting techniques.

Digital holography using low-coherence light source has distinct imaging characteristics and applications. A number of special techniques have been developed to take advantage of such distinct characteristics of interference by low-coherence light. Topographic and tomographic imaging follow naturally from the well-established and still evolving field of low-coherence interferometry. A very significant contribution by digital holography is the possibility of holographic recording of white light or fluorescence. Although some of the principles have been known in conventional holography, recording of extended objects under white light illumination suffers from precipitous degradation of interference contrast due to noninterfering background. DH-related techniques, such as ...

Dear Readers, the book you have in your hands is a summary of research carried out at the Department of Computer Biomedical Systems, Institute of Computer Science, University of Silesia in Katowice in cooperation with the team of Prof. Edward Wylęgała, D.Sc., M.D. This cooperation resulted in the creation of methods for ophthalmologists support in OCT images automated analysis. These methods, like the application developed on their basis, are used during routine examinations carried out in hospital.       The monograph comprises proposals of new and also of known algorithms, modified by authors, for image analysis and processing, presented on ...

Biomedical optics holds tremendous promise to deliver effective, safe, non- or minimally invasive diagnostics and targeted, customizable therapeutics. Handbook of Biomedical Optics provides an in-depth treatment of the field, including coverage of applications for biomedical research, diagnosis, and therapy. It introduces the theory and fundamentals of each subject, ensuring accessibility to a wide multidisciplinary readership. It also offers a view of the state of the art and discusses advantages and disadvantages of various techniques

Dr. Lawrence A. Yannuzzi brings together the most complete retinal atlas ever. Over 5,000 illustrations of the latest imaging and research findings essential for effective diagnosis of retinal disorders populate The Retinal Atlas. A unique page layout consisting of optimally positioned panoramic images, magnified photos, and histopathological specimens illustrate key manifestations, giving you the best visual display of each disease. In addition, composite images using different retinal imaging modalities, including the latest in optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green (ICG), and fundus autofluorescence display how a disease appears in each imaging modality, allowing you to compare imaging ...

This book provides students, teachers, researchers and clinicians with a strong and established source of information on advanced optical technologies that show real promise of being translated to clinical use.

Optical Coherence Tomography, A Clinical Atlas of Retinal Images is a richly illustrated collection of images and comprehensive guide to identifying anatomy and pathology of retinal disease as illustrated on OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography). Pertinent tips to acquiring quality images are outlined with both Spectral Domain and Time Domain for disease pathology, with multiple examples of common retinal disease images. Since the advent of OCT, the landscape of clinical ophthalmic and optometric practice has been drastically altered. Armed with the ability to image multiple retinal layers, it has become more important for the imaging technician, as well as the clinical ...

Diabetic Retinopathy: The Essentials is written for general ophthalmologists and optometrists as well as family practitioners, diabetologists, and internists who encounter diabetic patients on a daily basis. It focuses on the diagnosis and management of diabetic retinopathy from the point of view of the retinal specialist. The book begins with the epidemiology, anatomy, and pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy, and then covers important topics such as classification issues, diagnostic testing, examination techniques, new treatment modalities, patient management, indications for vitrectomy, pregnancy concerns, and informed consent. Coverage includes both general medical issues in diabetes and specifically ophthalmologic concerns. Features include more than ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-destructive, non-invasive imaging modality conceptually similar to ultrasound imaging but uses near-infrared radiation rather than sound. It is attracting interest throughout the medical community as a tool for ophthalmic scanning (especially of the retina) and potentially for the diagnosis of many other illnesses such as epithelial cancer, connective tissue disorders, and atherosclerosis, as well as for surgical guidance. More recently, it has begun to be explored as a tool for the real-time monitoring of the growth and development of tissue-engineered products. OCT has certain unique advantages over traditional confocal microscopy; in particular, it can ...

Optical interferometry has proved to be an extremely powerful tool for physicists and researchers to help gain insights into various fundamentals of basic science and nature for more than three centuries. Although the early experiments on interference by Boyle, Hooke, and Newton date back to the 17th century, the understanding of the physics behind this phenomenon continuously evolved over the next two centuries until physicists concurred on the wave-particle dual nature of photons [1–3]. However, it was the invention of the laser followed by breakthroughs in the telecommunications industry and computer technology that eventually made it feasible to exploit ...