Aug 01, 2025  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026
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BMED 6440 - Biophotonics


Biophotonics, or biomedical optics, is a newly developing field, dealing with the application of optical science and technology to biomedical problems, including clinical applications. The course introduces students to the fundamentals in modern and classical optics, light-matter interaction and provides them with a broad overview of current topics and contemporary research in the area of optics and lasers in medicine and biology.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: None. 

When Offered: SPRING TERM ANNUALLY

Co-Listed: BMED 4440 . Students cannot receive credit for both.

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 3



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