Optics in Biomedical Sciences

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Unconventional Imaging in Microscopy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Electron Microscopy in Medicine and Biology: Methods and Recent Developments

      • P. W. Hawkes

      Pages 2-14

   3. Electron Microscopy in Medicine and Biology: Applications

      • S. Boseck

      Pages 15-20

   4. Laser Projection Microscope: Principle and Applications in Biology

      • V. V. Savransky, G. A. Sitnikov, P. N. Lebedev

      Pages 21-24

   5. Ultrasonic Microscopy in Medicine and Biology

      • C. F. Quate, E. A. Ash

      Pages 25-33

   6. Imaging and Microscopy with Optoacoustic and Photothermal Methods

      • G. Busse

      Pages 34-37

3. Image Processing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Biomedical Image Classification by Data Reduction

      • M. Mohajeri, M. A. Fiddy, R. E. Burge

      Pages 40-43

   3. Optimization Criteria for Television-Based Image Digitizers

      • L. P. Cordella, A. Pirri

      Pages 44-47

   4. Digital Image Analysis of Complex Periodical Viral Structures

      • A. Santisteban, N. Garćia, J. L. Carrascosa, E. Vinuela

      Pages 48-51

   5. Molecular Order of Ceramide Trihexoside (CTH) Inclusions of Fabry’s Disease: Study Through Digital Image Processing and Optical Fourier Transformation

      • F. Delbarre, S. Laoussadi, H. Dupoisot, A. Constans, G. Daury

      Pages 52-54

   6. Hierarchical Description of Image Structure

      • J. J. Koenderink, A. J. van Doorn

      Pages 55-57

   7. On the Optimization of Scintillation Camera Collimators with Parallel Holes

      • M. J. Yzuel, A. Hernández

      Pages 58-61

   8. Computer Analysis of Compton Scattering Images: Acquisition, Restoration and Application in Patients with Pulmonary Oedema

      • L. Azzarelli, M. Chimenti, F. Denoth, F. Fabbrini, M. Pistolesi, M. Miniati et al.

      Pages 62-65

   9. 3-D Time Gated Transaxial Tomography in Nuclear Medicine

      • J. Brunol, N. de Beaucoudrey

      Pages 66-69

   10. Image Processing of Cancer Radiographs

       • K. Matsuoka, Y. Ichioka, T. Suzuki

       Pages 70-73

   11. Assessment of Radiographic Image Quality by a Single Number in Terms of Entropy

       • H. Fujita, S. Uchida

       Pages 74-77

   12. Reciprocity-Law Failure in Medical Screen-Film Systems and Its Effects on Patient Exposure and Image Quality

       • H. Fujita, S. Uchida

       Pages 78-81

   13. Transmission Imaging with Incoherent Ultrasound

       • C. Scherg, H. Brettel, U. Roeder, W. Waidelich

       Pages 82-85

As there recently has been increased interest in the applications of optical techniques in biomedical research and clinical diagnostics, it seemed to be appropriate to organize a comprehensive international conference on optics in medicine and biology. Such a broad international meeting had not been held before. An international conference on Optics in Biomedical Sciences was organized and took place in Graz, Austria, September 7th through 11th, 1981, sponsored by the International Commission for Optics (ICO) in co­ operation with the European Optical Committee, the Austrian Association on Biomedical Engineering, and the German Society for Applied Optics. It seemed timely to establish a forum for communication among specialists on an international level. This book, presenting the papers given at this conference, demonstrates the state of the art of this increasingly expanding field of applications of optics. Furthermore, the interested reader will find an extended list of references in the various contributions. This book helps to overcome the difficulty, inherent in all interdisciplinary research fields, of gathering widely scattered literature. The contributions to this book are focussed on the following topics: Biomedical applications of - unconventional imaging in microscopy, - image processing, - interferometry and holography, - speckle-techniques and spectroscopy, - optometry, and - Moire methods. In addition, the brilliant and humorous closing remarks of Nils Abramson from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, have been included.

• Biologie
• Medizin
• Optics
• Optische Analyse
• biomedical applications
• imaging
• microscopy
• spectroscopy

• Ear-Nose-Throat Clinic, Medical Acoustics and Biophysics Laboratory, University of Münster, Münster, Fed. Rep. of Germany

  Gert Bally

• Applied Biophysics Laboratory, Technical University Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

  Pal Greguss

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