title: Photonics.
abstract: This article discusses the integration of video, computers, imaging hardware/software, and radiographs for novel applications in podiatric medicine. The name given to integrated photo/electronic technologies is "photonics." Radiographic measurement, surgical planning, and static/dynamic biomechanical applications are described.
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D011032:Podiatry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods