ADVANCES IN OPTICS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE

描述(由申请人提供)：生物技术、医学和外科光学进展是一个小型(约100-120人参加)跨学科会议，重点讨论生物医学光学--一个与美国国立卫生研究院直接相关的领域。这次会议的大部分内容都是针对用于成像、检测和治疗疾病的新型光学技术，包括癌症和癌前病变。光子学，光的科学和工程，被广泛认为是下一次技术革命的引擎，它的影响也开始在生物医学科学中感受到。从显微镜到非侵入性诊断再到基因分析，光学技术提供了探测细胞、组织和活生物体的高度特异性的方法。这是一门高度交叉的科学，这种材料的开发和传播可以影响医疗保健，提高诊断和治疗效率，降低成本，减少诊断程序的侵入性，更好地了解组织的变化，并最终改善医疗保健。这次会议是促进跨学科互动的一种工具，这些互动是将想法作为实用技术和手段实现所必需的。这个特别的地点传统上包括高影响力的受邀演讲，重点是适应这一高度发展的领域的关键领域。这次会议的主要目的是： 目标1：识别和汇聚生物光学领域最有前途的技术和科学家，并能够介绍和理解最先进的方法。 目的2：确定这些技术在基础研究、临床实践以及药物发现和医疗保健中的应用进展。 目的3：邀请传统生物光学领域以外的关键主要领域的顶尖科学家介绍新的需求和应用。 目标4：促进受邀科学家和参与的学生之间的互动，支持对生物光学和相关应用的多学科领域的教育和了解，并促进合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery is a small (approximately 100-120 participants), interdisciplinary conference focused on biomedical optics - an area of direct relevance to the National Institutes of Health. Much of this conference is geared to novel optical technologies for imaging, detection and treatment of disease, including cancers and pre-cancers. Photonics, the science and engineering of light, is widely regarded as the engine of the next technical revolution and its influence is also beginning to be felt in biomedical sciences. From microscopy to noninvasive diagnostics to genetic analysis, optics offers highly specific ways to probe cells, tissues, and living organisms. This is a highly interdisciplinary science and the development and dissemination of this material can impact medical care and improve diagnostic and treatment efficacy, reduce cost, reduce invasiveness of diagnostic procedures, better understand changes in tissue, and ultimately improve healthcare. This conference is a vehicle to facilitate the interdisciplinary interaction necessary to see ideas brought to fruition as practical techniques and devices. This particular venue traditionally encompasses high impact invited talks, focused on key areas that adapt to this highly evolving field. The main aims of this conference are: Aim 1: To identify and bring together the most promising technologies and scientists in bio-optics and enable presentation and understanding of the key state of the art methods. Aim 2: To ascertain the progress with application of these technologies into basic research, clinical practice and in drug discovery and healthcare. Aim 3: To invite leading scientists in key major fields outside the traditional bio-optics circle to introduce novel needs and applications. Aim 4: To promote interaction between the invited scientists and participating students, to support education and understanding of the multi-disciplinary field of bio-optics and associated applications and to enable collaborations.