Chapter 4Coherent Raman for Medical Diagnosis Jeffrey L. Suhalim and Eric Potma 4.1 Introduction Traditional diagnosis of tissue pathology involves biopsy followed by ex vivo examination of the tissue preparation…
Chapter 5Multimodal Morphochemical Tissue Imaging Riccardo Cicchi and Francesco S. Pavone Modern optics and spectroscopy are offering promising non-invasive solutions to potentially improve diagnostic capability on tissues, as demonstrated by…
Chapter 18Measuring population health status Assessing health status of a population The health of a population can be described in general terms and in relation to specific conditions. A health…
Chapter 15Health and illness Definition of health The World Health Organization (WHO 1948) has defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the…
