Tissue Optics and Imaging

4 credits

Introduction to photobiology (interaction of light with biological matter), tissue optics, optical biosensors, and cellular and molecular imaging. Includes first-hand observation of optical imaging research in engineering and clinical labs, with case studies of optical biosensing and imaging in ophthalmological and dermatological applications. Recommended: differential equations; linear algebra; introductory electromagnetics; waves and light; signal processing, including Fourier analysis and linear systems.