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STARTS SEPT 15, 2005

2.996J/BE.949J
Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy
for Biology and Medicine

Drs. Peter So and Colin Sheppard

Tuesday and Thursday 8:00am-9:30 am
Room 8-404

Introduces the theory and the design of optical microscopy and its 
applications in biology and medicine.  The course starts from an 
overview of basic optical principles allowing an understanding of 
microscopic image formation and common contrast modalities such as 
dark field, phase, and DIC.  Advanced microscopy imaging techniques 
such as total internal reflection, confocal, and multiphoton will 
also be discussed.  Quantitative analysis of biochemical 
microenvironment using spectroscopic techniques based on 
fluorescence, second harmonic, Raman signals will be covered.  We 
will also provide an overview of image processing techniques for 
microscopic data.



Prereq: permission of instructor
3-0-9 H-Level Grad Credit

http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/2/fa05/2.996/index.html

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