biomedical optics (online course)

1. Introduction to Biomedical Optics: From Theory to Applications (SWAYAM) (2023) (Available Online): 

• Register for the course  online at the SWAYAM Portal

Unit 1: Introduction to Biomedical Optics

1. Course Structure 

2. Light Tissue Interaction Part I (Types of Interaction)

3. Light Tissue Interaction Part II (Spectroscopy I)

4. Light Tissue Interaction Part III (Spectroscopy II)

5. Tissue Optics (Absorption)

6. Tissue Optics (Scattering)

7. Understanding Datasheet of Optoelectronics components

Unit 2: Properties of Light

1. Exploring the light using equations

2. Polarization of Light Part I (Introduction and Stokes Vector)

3. Polarization of Light Part II (Jones Vector and Jones Matrices)

4. Polarization of Light Part III (Mueller Matrix)

5. Coherence Part I (Introduction)

6. Coherence Part II (Wave packet and Coherence Mutual Function)

7. Coherence Part III (Coherence Time)

8. Coherence Part IV (Spatial Coherence)

Unit 3: Light Tissue Interaction

1. Tissue Scattering Part 1 (Basics)

2. Tissue Scattering Part II (Bulk optical properties from cross-section)

3. Beer-Lambert Law 

4. Beer-Lambert Law (Example)

Unit 4: Sources and Detectors

1. Source Part I: Light Emitting Diode (LED)

2. Source Part II: LASERs

Unit 5: Applications

1. Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging 

2. Optical Biosensors

Unit 5: Introduction to Medical Diagnostics

1. Biostatistics