Session #8, Optics in medicine and biology
Thursday, March 10 2011, 10:00-13:30
Chair: Israel Gannot


S8T1 10:00-10:30 Joseph A. Izatt, Duke University, Durham North Carolina, Usa (Invited - Key note)
Spatial, Spectral and Coherence-Multiplexed Imaging Systems for Biomedicine and Biotechnology
S8T2 10:30-11:00 Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC (Invited)
Novel approaches in spectro-polarimetry of biological tissue
S8T3 11:00-11:15 Amir Rosenthal Et al., Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Bavaria, Germany
Near-infrared Fluorescence Intravascular Catheter System for Two-Dimensional Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerosis
S8T4 11:15-11:30 Natan T. Shaked and Adam Wax, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonic,Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Wide-field interferometric phase microscopy and nanoscopy of biological cells statics and dynamics
S8T5 12:00-12:30 Jin U. Kang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University  (invited)
Ultra-Fast Real-Time Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Microsurgery
S8T6 12:30-13:00 Xingde Li Et al., Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (invited)
Recent advances on OCT and nonlinear optical endomicroscopy technologies
S8T7 13:00-13:15 David Abookasis and Marlon S. Mathews
Cerebral edema induced optical property and perfusion changes monitored using spatially modulated near-infrared illumination: Towards a new quantitative optical pressure index
S8T8 13:15-13:30 S. Leiman Et al., Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel
Practical considerations of surface-enhanced Raman scattering