Multimodal Optical Diagnostics of Cancer (eBook)

This book provides an in-depth description and discussion of different multi-modal diagnostic techniques for cancer detection and treatment using exact optical methods, their comparison, and combination. Coverage includes detailed descriptions of modern state of design for novel methods of optical non-invasive cancer diagnostics; multi-modal methods for earlier cancer diagnostic enhancing the probability of effective cancer treatment; modern clinical trials with novel methods of clinical cancer diagnostics; medical and technical aspects of clinical cancer diagnostics, and long-term monitoring. Biomedical engineers, cancer researchers, and scientists will find the book to be an invaluable resource.

Valery P. Zakharov is a Professor and Chair of the Laser and Biotechnical Systems Department, and Head of the Photonics Laboratory, at Samara National Research University. His research interests include: laser medicine, biophotonics, multimodal biomedical imaging, and application of fluorescence and Raman-techniques for biomedical diagnostics. He has been awarded Honored Science Worker of Russia and the Samara Award for Biophotonics innovations. He has published more than 350 publications in peer refereed journals.