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Making light work: illuminating the future of biomedical optics

Clare E Elwell1, Chris E Cooper

  • 1Near Infrared Spectroscopy Research Group, Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, Malet Place Engineering Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. celwell@medphys.ucl.ac.uk

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|October 19, 2011
PubMed
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Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and biomedical optics have advanced significantly, impacting clinical and life sciences. Future prospects and challenges were discussed, leading to plans for a new international NIRS conference.

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