The present book provides recent developments in various in vivo imaging and sensing techniques
such as photo acoustics (PA) imaging and microscopy ultrasound-PA combined modalities optical
coherence tomography (OCT) and micro OCT Raman and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLI) techniques and nanoparticle enabled endoscopy etc. There is
also a contributing chapter from leading medical instrumentation company on their view of
optical imaging techniques in clinical laparoscopic surgery. The UN proclaimed 2015 as the
International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies emphasizing achievements in the
optical sciences and their importance to human beings. In this context this book focusses on
the recent advances in biophotonics techniques primarily focused towards translational medicine
contributed by thought leaders who have made cutting edge developments in various photonics
techniques.
