Interdisciplinary researchers to address biomedical optics challenges, BIOMED 06

描述（由申请人提供）： 美国光学学会的BIOMED 2006会议将汇集跨学科的研究人员， 生物医学光学介绍最新的结果，并解决当前的挑战，在发展光学技术的生物医学。 为了实现这些目标，吸引优秀的演讲者、临床医生和初级科学家是很重要的。 因此，本提案的具体目标是为受邀演讲者提供旅行和注册，并免除几名临床医生和初级科学家的注册。根据项目和一般委员会的决定，部分临床医生和初级科学家的部分酒店或旅行费用也可能被免除。 与NIBIB直接相关的具体技术的例子是“扩散光学成像”和“光学相干断层扫描”。会议将重点讨论这些技术在生物学和医学方面的应用。例如，“光学相干断层扫描”已经被眼科医生使用，随着技术的改进，预计将更多地应用于眼科以及其他医疗需求，如癌症检测和治疗监测。“漫射光学成像”具有从血液动力学到脑成像的广泛应用。在美国至少有一种商业化的脑血氧计，“扩散光学成像”的进一步发展将使更多的应用成为可能。这些和其他技术将在会议上讨论有关NIBIB的使命“通过促进基本发现，设计和开发，以及生物医学成像和生物工程技术能力的翻译和评估来改善健康，.. "

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Optical Society of America's BIOMED 2006 meeting will bring together interdisciplinary researchers in biomedical optics to present recent results and address current challenges in developing optical technologies for biomedicine. In order to meet these goals it is important to attract excellent speakers, clinicians, and junior scientists. Therefore the specific aims of this proposal are to provide travel and registration for invited speakers and to waive registration for several clinicians and junior scientists. At the discretion of the program and general committees, partial hotel or travel costs may also be waived for some of the clinicians and junior scientists. Examples of specific technologies to be addressed that are of direct relevance to NIBIB are "diffuse optical imaging", and "optical coherence tomography". The meeting will focus on applications of these technologies to biology and medicine. For example, "optical coherence tomography" is already being used by opthamologists and as the technology is improved more applications to opthamology are expected as well as to other medical needs such as cancer detection and treatment monitoring. "Diffuse optical imaging" has a wide variety of applications, from hemodynamics to brain imaging. There is at least one commercial cerebral oximeter available in the U.S. and further development of "diffuse optical imaging" will enable more applications. These and other technologies to be addressed at the meeting are relevant to NIBIB's mission "to improve health by promoting fundamental discoveries, design and development, and translation and assessment of technological capabilities in biomedical imaging and bioengineeririg,..."