Biochips and Medical Imaging (eBook)

ADAM DE LA ZERDA is an Associate Professor in the departments of Structural Biology and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and a Chan Zuckerberg Investigator. Dr. de la Zerda has received numerous awards for his research including the Forbes Magazine 30-under-30 in Science & Healthcare and published over 30 papers in leading journals. He holds a number of patents and is the founder of the medical diagnostics company Visby Medical. SHAN XIANG WANG is the Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering, Stanford University. He currently serves as the Director of the Stanford Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology and a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, jointly of Electrical Engineering, and by courtesy of Radiology . He has published over 300 papers, and holds 66 patents (issued and pending). Dr. Wang was an inaugural Frederick Terman Faculty Fellow at Stanford University (1994-1997), an IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer (2001-2002), and elected an IEEE Fellow (2009) and American Physical Society (APS) Fellow (2012).

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Cell Biology

Chapter 2: Biological Lab Techniques

Chapter 3: Human Physiology

Chapter 4: Cancer

Chapter 5: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)

Chapter 6: DNA Chips and Sequencing

Chapter 7: Next-Generation Sequencing and FET-Based Biochips

Chapter 8: Protein Assays and Chips

Chapter 9: Label-Free Affinity-Based Biosensors

Chapter 10: Magneto-Nanosensor Biochips

Chapter 11: Microfluidic Chips for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells

Chapter 12: Molecular Diagnostics

Chapter 13: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Chapter 14: Radionuclide Imaging

Chapter 15: Fluorescence and Raman Imaging

Chapter 16: Optical Coherence Tomography

Chapter 17: Photoacoustic Imaging

Chapter 18: Imaging Controls & Concepts

Index