Deep Tissue Optics (GE, IM)

3 credits · Graduate

This course covers the fundamentals of biomedical optics and their applications to medical imaging and therapy. The course is divided into two parts: (1) fundamentals of photon transport in biological tissue and (2) optical imaging. Part 1 covers biomedical optics, single-scatterer theories, Monte Carlo modeling of photon transport, convolution for broadbeam responses, radiative transfer equation and diffusion theory, hybrid Monte Carlo method, and sensing of optical properties. Part 2 covers ballistic imaging, optical coherence tomography, diffuse optical tomography, photoacoustic tomography, and wavefront-engineering/adaptive optics. Prerequisites: BME 303L or graduate standing (GE, IM)