Multimodal Optical Biosensing for Precision Medicine and Healthcare: Introduction to the feature issue

Area of Science:

• Biomedical Optics
• Optical Biosensing
• Precision Medicine

Background:

• Growing demand for precise, real-time, non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
• Multimodal optical biosensing integrates complementary methodologies for enhanced capabilities.
• Key integrated techniques include optical biosensors, OCT, biophysics, diagnostics, microscopy, and terahertz imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a curated selection of advances in optical biosensing technologies.
• To highlight applications in healthcare and precision medicine.
• To foster interdisciplinary collaboration and advance next-generation optical biosensors.

Main Methods:

• Showcasing advances in sensor design and validation.
• Featuring improvements in signal processing and imaging methodologies.
• Demonstrating progress in clinical translation of biosensing platforms.

Main Results:

• Tremendous advances in microscale and nanoscale biosensing platform development.
• Enhanced sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, robustness, and reliability in biosensing.
• Applications in disease diagnosis, monitoring, and therapeutic guidance.

Conclusions:

• The feature issue highlights significant progress in multimodal optical biosensing.
• These advancements are crucial for the development of precision healthcare.
• The collection serves as a platform for new research and interdisciplinary collaboration.