Shedding light on biology and healthcare--preface to the special issue on Biomedical Optics

摘要

During the past decade,there has been an explosion in the development of novel optical techniques in biomedical research and clinical applications.Immense progress has been made in optical imaging and detection to provide necessary biological information for disease diagnosis and in-depth understanding of biological processes.Moreover,recent advances integrating laser technology with biomarkers have enabled novel diagnostic and treatment approaches for different types of diseases.