title: Optical techniques in pulmonary medicine. SPIE photonics West.
abstract: There is ongoing interest in the emerging field of pulmonary photonic-based diagnostics. Potential clinical need areas that are being actively investigated at this time include airway and peripheral lung cancer diagnostics, pulmonary parenchymal and interstitial disorders, alveolar structure function, inhalation injury, ciliary function analysis, asthma and obstructive lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 408, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000379:methods*