Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine & Surgery

描述（由申请人提供）： 美国国立卫生研究院会议资助计划要求提供资金，以支持定于2003年8月3日至7日在加拿大阿尔伯塔班夫举行的“生物技术、医学和外科光学进展”会议。这次会议是在国际工程会议（原联合工程基金会）的主持下组织的。这次会议是住宅性质的，范围广泛，强调来自大学，国家实验室和工业界的与会者之间的互动和非正式讨论。本次会议是一系列会议中的第8次，是工程基础会议中最成功的会议之一。它的内容几乎涵盖了生物学和医学光学的整个领域，将包括激光组织相互作用，光动力学治疗，分子成像，体内光谱诊断，细胞显微镜和中尺度成像，光学相干断层扫描，光子迁移，以及一个致力于贡献海报的会议。我们认为，这些会议在产生想法和传播信息方面发挥了作用，其程度超过了通过更传统的论坛所能达到的程度。所有参与者都积极参与讨论。此外，科学家和临床医生之间有很强的互动，他们是各自领域的领导者，研究生和研究生，这为这次会议增加了一个强有力的教育组成部分。 会议的完整计划，包括确认的受邀演讲者名单，作为附录附在本申请表后。要求提供资金，以帮助偿还我们杰出的特邀演讲者和研究生和博士后研究员的会议费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested from the NIH Conference Grant Program to support the conference, "Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery", which is scheduled for August 3-7, 2 003, in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The conference is being organized under the auspices of the Engineering Conferences International (formerly United Engineering Foundation). This meeting is residential in nature, broad in scope and emphasizes interactions and informal discussion among participants who come from universities, national laboratories and industry. This conference is the 8th in a series and has been among the most successful of the Engineering Foundation conferences. Its content spans nearly the entire field of optics in biology and medicine and will include sessions on laser-tissue interactions, photodynamic therapy, molecular imaging, in vivo spectroscopic diagnostics, cell microscopy and mesoscale imaging, optical coherence tomography, photon migration, and a session dedicated to contributed posters. We believe the conferences have been instrumental in generating ideas and disseminating information to a greater extent than is possible through more conventional forums. All participants contribute actively to the discussions. In addition, there is strong interaction between the scientists and clinicians who are leaders in their fields with the graduate students and postgraduate students, which adds a strong educational component to this conference. The complete program for the conference, including a roster of confirmed invited lecturers, is attached as an appendix to this application. Funding is requested to help reimburse the conference expenses of our outstanding invited speakers and of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.