Lectures cover the theory, instrumentation, and application of light in pre-clinical and medical research with clinical applications for studying cancers, musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, and neuromonitoring. Specific themes include instrumentation; generation, transmission, and detection of light; optical microscopy; spectroscopy; and imaging of tissue metabolism, blood content, oxygenation, and flow.

Antirequisite(s): the former Medical Biophysics 3645A/B, the former Medical Biophysics 4710A/B.

Prerequisite(s): One of Calculus 1000A/B, Calculus 1500A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1412A/B; one of Physics 1201A/B, Physics 1401A/B, Physics 1501A/B, the former Physics 1028A/B, the former Physics 1301A/B. Open only to students who are registered in Years 3 or 4.

Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.