TY - BOOK ID - 137400077 TI - Optical Diagnostics in Human Diseases PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - chemoresistance KW - cisplatin KW - gray-level co-occurrence matrix KW - ovarian adenocarcinoma KW - optical densitometry KW - liver diagnosis KW - indocyanine green KW - liver functional reserve KW - optical density KW - plasma disappearance rate KW - cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP OCT) KW - ultrasound KW - urethral pain syndrome KW - epithelial atrophy KW - epithelial hyperplasia KW - inflammation KW - fibrosis KW - image evaluation KW - liver cancer KW - endogenous fluorescence KW - laser Doppler flowmetry KW - blood perfusion KW - minimally invasive interventions KW - machine learning KW - raman spectroscopy KW - optical diagnostic KW - periodontitis KW - tooth tissues KW - biophotonics KW - calculus KW - zebrafish KW - embryonic development KW - cardiovascular system KW - in vivo imaging KW - optical mapping KW - non-invasive measurements KW - shortwave-infrared light KW - near-infrared light KW - visible light KW - fluorescence KW - breast cancer KW - duct KW - visible human project KW - Monte Carlo simulation KW - voxelized media KW - cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP-OCT) KW - compressional optical coherence elastography (C-OCE) KW - image assessment KW - optical properties KW - scattering theories KW - circulatory system KW - blood rheology KW - red blood cell aggregation KW - laser tweezers KW - laser aggregometry KW - digital capillaroscopy KW - coronary heart disease KW - diabetes mellitus KW - optical diagnostics KW - digital diaphanoscopy KW - magnetic resonance imaging KW - paranasal sinuses KW - inflammatory diseases KW - non-invasive optical diagnostics KW - cumulative sum KW - power spectrum KW - heating test KW - diabetes mellitus type 2 KW - wearable blood flow sensors KW - ortostatic test KW - postural changes KW - body position KW - blood perfusion in forehead KW - blood perfusion in wrists KW - blood perfusion in shins KW - blood perfusion oscillations KW - vasomotions KW - optics KW - spectroscopy KW - imaging KW - diagnostics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137400077 AB - Optical technologies provide unique opportunities for the diagnosis of various pathological disorders. The range of biophotonics applications in clinical practice is considerably wide given that the optical properties of biological tissues are subject to significant changes during disease progression. Due to the small size of studied objects (from μm to mm) and despite some minimum restrictions (low-intensity light is used), these technologies have great diagnostic potential both as an additional tool and in cases of separate use, for example, to assess conditions affecting microcirculatory bed and tissue viability. This Special Issue presents topical articles by researchers engaged in the development of new methods and devices for optical non-invasive diagnostics in various fields of medicine. Several studies in this Special Issue demonstrate new information relevant to surgical procedures, especially in oncology and gynecology. Two articles are dedicated to the topical problem of breast cancer early detection, including during surgery. One of the articles is devoted to urology, namely to the problem of chronic or recurrent episodic urethral pain. Several works describe the studies in otolaryngology and dentistry. One of the studies is devoted to diagnosing liver diseases. A number of articles contribute to the studying of the alterations caused by diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. The results of all the presented articles reflect novel innovative research and emerging ideas in optical non-invasive diagnostics aimed at their wider translation into clinical practice. ER -