MX4072 Medical Optics Syllabus:

MX4072 Medical Optics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand various optical properties of tissue
 To gain the knowledge of photonics instruments
 To know the engineering and practical applications of optics related to diagnostics applications
 To acquire knowledge about therapeutic and surgical applications of lasers in medical fields
 To gain the knowledge of fiber optic sensors used In medical application

UNIT I OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TISSUES

Optical properties of tissue- melanin, bilirubin, tissue and their spectrum, optical characteristics of constituents of blood – RBC, hemoglobin properties, plasma, oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin, Laser tissue Interaction-Chemical, Thermal, Electromechanical. Photo ablative processes. Laser safety procedures

UNIT II INSTRUMENTATION IN PHOTONICS

Review of basic properties of light – Reflection, Refraction, Scattering, fluorescence and phosphorescence. Instrumentation for absorption, scattering and emission measurements. Optical sources – high pressure arc lamps, LEDs, Medical Lasers. Optical filters. Optical detectors – Time resolved and phase resolved detectors, optical tweezers

UNIT III DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS

Wood’s lamp, Imaging techniques – Optical coherence tomography, Elastography, Fluorescence Imaging, Raman Imaging, FLIM, FRAP, NIRS-Application, X-Ray Diagnostic Techniques, Speckle Correlometry, Near-Field Imaging in Biological and Biomedical Applications

UNIT IV THERAPEUTIC AND SURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT

Phototherapy, Photodynamic therapy (PDT) – Principle and mechanism – Oncological and nononcological applications of PDT – Biostimulation effect – applications. Laser in tissue welding, lasers in dermatology, lasers in ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology, neurology, orthopedics, gastroenterology.

UNIT V FIBER OPTIC SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS

Light transport in the optical fiber – Total internal reflection, Numerical aperture, Angle of acceptance. losses in fiber, Optical sensors based on polarization, magnetic sensors, Medical applications of fiber optic sensors in measuring temperature, pressure, flow and chemical activities

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of this course the student will be able to:
CO1: Understand various optical properties of tissue
CO2: Describe the photonics instruments
CO3: Know the diagnostic applications of lasers in medical fields
CO4: Explain the therapeutic and surgical applications of lasers in medical fields
CO5: Describe the types of fiber optic sensors used in medical application

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. Mark E. Brezinski, “Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles and Applications”, Academic Press, 2006.
2. Markolf H.Niemz, “Laser-Tissue Interaction Fundamentals and Applications”, Springer, 2007.
3. Paras N. Prasad, “Introduction to Biophotonics, A. John Wiley and sons, Inc. Publications,2003.
4. R. Splinter and B.A. Hooper, “An Introduction to BioMedical Optics”, Taylor and Francis,2007.
5. Tuan Vo Dinh, “Biomedical photonics – Handbook”, CRC Press LLC, 2003.