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）的跨学科会议，专注于生物医学光学-与美国国立卫生研究院直接相关的领域。本次会议的大部分内容是针对用于成像、检测和治疗疾病（包括癌症和癌症前期）的新型光学技术。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到遗传分析，光学提供了高度特定的方法来探测细胞、组织和生物体。这是一门高度跨学科的科学，这种材料的发展和传播可以影响医疗保健，提高诊断和治疗效果，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。这次会议是一个促进跨学科互动的工具，这是将想法作为实用技术和设备付诸实践所必需的。这个特殊的场地传统上包括高影响力的邀请会谈，重点是适应这一高度发展的领域的关键领域。本次会议的主要目的是：

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.