Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Photonics for Biomedical Science

Code

9536

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Física

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

Paulo António Martins Ferreira Ribeiro, Pedro Manuel Cardoso Vieira

Weekly hours

3

Total hours

3

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

There are no particular previous courses required  to enrollment in this course. However, the course requires the following knowledge:

  •  Classical Mechanics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Mathematics:
    • Trigonometry
    • Diferenciation and Integration
    • Diferencial Equations
    • Complex Algebra

Subject matter

1. Optical properties of tissues and optical devices

2. Optical Sensing and Imaging Techniques.

3. Photonic Techniques for Medical Diagnostic

4. Photonic Techniques for Medical intervention

5. Photonics for Advanced Genomics

Bibliography

• Biomedical Photonics Handbook; Tuan Vo-Dinh; CRC-Press; London; 2003

• Principles of laser and Optics; Willian Chang; Cambridge University Press; 2005

• Fundamentals of Optics , Francis A Jenkins, Harvey E White, Francis Jenkins and Harvey White, 4ª Ed.,2001

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