VirtualPhotonics:Workshop 2009
From VirtualPhotonics
1st Virtual Photonics Workshop, 21-23 August 2009
This first workshop was designed to (a) present the fundamental principles involved in modeling light propagation in cells and tissues and (b) expose students to how modeling and computation can be applied towards the development, design, and analysis of therapeutic, imaging and diagnostic methods in Biophotonics.
The workshop curriculum was comprised of 6 didactic lectures coupled with 5 interactive sessions with the "Virtual Tissue Simulator" (VTS); custom software designed by the Virtual Photonics Core to simulate radiative transport processes in real-time. The core curriculum was supplemented by Case Study Presentations to illustrate the use of modeling and computational approaches to advance the application of biophotonic methods for the treatment of pigmented lesions, diffuse optical imaging of the breast, and wide-field spectroscopic imaging methods. Finally, we have provided some References should you wish to explore this material further.
The Workshop Schedule follows along with links to the presentations and computational exercises
The complete Workshop Schedule can be found here!
Day 1 -- Friday, 21 August 2009
Lecture 1: Radiative Transport Fundamentals
GUI Interaction A - Absoption and Scattering Spectra
Lecture 2: Stochastic & Analytic Solvers
GUI Interaction B - Optical Dosimetry
Case Study Presentation: Prof. Bernard Choi on Modeling and the Treatment of Vascular Lesions
Day 2 -- Saturday, 22 August 2009
Lecture 3: Visualizing Optical Dosimetry
Lecture 4: Modeling Diagnostic Signals
GUI Interaction C - Spatially- and Temporally-Resolved Diffuse Reflectance
Lecture 5: Analyzing Diagnostic Signals
GUI Interaction D - Analysis of Diffuse Reflectance
Case Study Presentation: Jing Liu on Optical Tomography of Human Breast
Day 3 -- Sunday, 23 August 2009
Lecture 6: Inverse Problem Fundamentals
GUI Interaction E - Inverse Problem Solving
Case Study Presentation: Dr. David Cuccia on Modulated Imaging
