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APRIL 2005 | CONTENTS
Features
Optical Imaging Pushes Forward
by Susan M. Reiss, Contributing Editor
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are using optical methods as a noninvasive way to study cells and tissue.
page 32
Optical Transformations
by Dr. Stephen T. Ross, Nikon Instruments Inc.
New lenses and light sources expand the traditional techniques for total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy.
page 38
Light-Delivery and Imaging Technologies Advance PDT Knowledge
by Dr. Stuart Bisland, University of Toronto
Multimode imaging and new ways devised to irradiate tissue are moving PDT into more diverse clinical applications.
page 44
Columns
Biophotonics Research
page 50
- Mechanical loads influence cardiac muscle wall architecture
- Getting the local — and whole — picture
- Self-assembling polymersomes concentrate NIR fluorophores
- Dual-color analysis improves fluorescence spectroscopy
- Building a better microchip reader
- Surface plasmon resonance nanosensors help identify biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease
- Optical coherence tomography technique improves imaging speed
Post Scripts
by Nancy D. Lamontagne
More proof of new human species
page 86
Departments
Editorial
page 9
Company Index
page 13
As We Go To Press
page 15
- Laser looks for cancer
- OCT images in vivo plaques
- Spectroscopy reveals invasive species
Technology Solutions
page 16
- A new phase in confocal microscopy
- Making software count
- Laser instrument aids chemotaxis experiments
Biophotonics News
page 22
- Contrast found for gold particles
- CT strips fracture studies to the bone
- Laser scanning system advances eye research
- Cell phones used in telemedicine
- Image retrieval technology investigated for screening for eye disease
- A new buzz about the way bees use light
From the Journals
page 30
Courses & Shows
page 64
New to the Market
page 68
New Media
page 83
Advertiser Index
page 85