[MOS] Michael S. Feld; Tuesday Nov 16, 2004; Spectral diagnosis

[Vincent J Russo Jr]

Dear Colleagues,

The G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory and the Department of Electrical 
Engineering and Computer Science would like to invite you to the next 
seminar in our series on Modern Optics and Spectroscopy.

Date & Time:            Tuesday, November 16, 12 noon - 1 PM
Location:               Grier Room (34-401)
Speaker:                Michael S. Feld, MIT
Title:                  Spectral diagnosis

Refreshments will be served following the talk.

Abstract:
Michael S. Feld, GR Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, MIT
Spectral diagnosis
We are using spectroscopy to characterize the make-up of biological tissue and
diagnose disease in living patients in real time without the need for tissue
removal. Elastic scattering, Raman scattering and fluorescence are all used.
Biological tissue is an unusual spectroscopic medium, and extracting the
required information requires the use of models based on optical biophysics.
This provides a nice example of the application of how basic physics can be
used to solve an important practical problem.