Biomedical Photonics Handbook

Tuan Vo-Dinh is the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, professor of chemistry, and director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics at Duke University. He received a B.S. in physics in 1970 from EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne) in Lausanne and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1975 from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Vo-Dinh has authored over 350 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is the author of a textbook on spectroscopy and editor of 6 books. He has received numerous awards and holds over 37 U.S. and international patents.

• Therapeutic and Interventional Techniques. Mechanistic Principles of Photodynamic Therapy. Synthesis and Biological Significance of Porphyrin-based Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy. Lasers in Dermatology. Lasers in Interventional Pulmonology. Lasers in Diagnostics and Treatment of Brain Diseases. Lasers in Ophthalmology. Lasers in Otolaryngology. Therapeutic Applications of Lasers in Gastroenterology. Low-Power Laser Therapy. Image Guided Surgery. Optical Methods for Caries Detection, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention. Nonlinear Interferometric Vibrational Imaging and Spectroscopy. Multifunctional Theranostic Platform: Plasmonic-Active Gold Nanostars. Activity of psoralen-functionalized nanoscintillators against cancer cells upon X-ray excitation. Advanced Biophotonics and Nanophotonics . Living Cell Analysis Using Optical Methods. Amplification Techniques for Optical Detection. Fluorescent Probes in Biomedical Applications. Optical Trapping Techniques in Bioanalysis, . Luminescent Nanoparticle-Based Probes for Bioassays, . Fluorescent Molecular Beacon Nucleic Acid Probes for Biomolecular Recognition. Luminescent Quantum Dots for Diagnositc and Bioimaging Applications. PEBBLE nanosensors for in vitro bioanalysis. Nanosensors for Single-Cell Analyses. SERS Molecular Sentinel Nanoprobes to Detect Biomarkers for Medical Diagnostics. Plasmonic Coupling Interference (PCI) Nanoprobes for Gene Diagnostics. DNA Sequencing using Fluorescence Detection. In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging as a Tool for Drug Development.