Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications IX

vii Conference Committee ix Introduction SESSION 1 6852 02 A fiber optic probe for measurement of an autonomic dysreflexia event on SCI patients [6852-01] J. C. Ramella-Roman, J. M. Hidler, The Catholic Univ. of America (USA) 6852 03 Highly sensitive evanescent wave combination tapered fiber optic fluorosensor for protein detection [6852-02] V. Nardone, R. Kapoor, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (USA) 6852 04 Low concentration biomolecular detection using liquid core photonic crystal fiber (LCPCF) SERS sensor [6852-03] C. Shi, Y. Zhang, C. Gu, L. Seballos, J. Z. Zhang, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (USA) 6852 05 EMC noise free endoscope using optical fiber communication technology [6852-04] W. Kubo, T. Minakuchi, K. Sato, K. Tsutamura, T. Syoji, K. Sugitani, A. Arimoto, S. Arai, Pentax Corp. (Japan) 6852 06 Side-polished fiber immunosensor based on surface plasmon resonance for detection of Legionella pneumophila [6852-05] Y.-C. Tsao, Y.-W. Yang, Forward Electronics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan); W.-H. Tsai, T.-R. Yan, Tatung Univ. (Taiwan) SESSION 2 6852 07 1-mm catheterscope (Invited Paper) [6852-06] E. J. Seibel, Univ. of Washington (USA) 6852 08 The application of the mid-infrared spectral region in medical surgery: chalcogenide glass optical fibre for 10.6 µm laser transmission [6852-07] H. L. Rowe, Univ. of Nottingham (United Kingdom); J. D. Shephard, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); D. Furniss, C. A. Miller, S. Savage, T. M. Benson, Univ. of Nottingham (United Kingdom); D. P. Hand, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); A. B. Seddon, Univ. of Nottingham (United Kingdom) 6852 09 Quality control of UV resistant fibers for 200–300 nm spectroscopic applications [6852-33] M. Belz, World Precision Instruments Inc. (USA); H.-S. Eckhardt, C. P. Gonschior, Univ. of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg (Germany); G. Nelson, Polymicro Technologies (USA); K.-F. Klein, Univ. of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg (Germany) 6852 0A Label-free single-molecule all-optical sensor [6852-09] A. M. Armani, S. E. Fraser, R. C. Flagan, California Institute of Technology (USA)

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