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This handbook provides a comprehensive reference on how blood behaves as an optical medium and how its optical properties can be measured, interpreted, and applied in research, diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. It is intended for readers who need a structured understanding of blood not only as a physiological fluid, but also as a material whose interaction with light is shaped by cellular composition, oxygenation state, aggregation, flow, and pathology. The volume is designed to serve researchers in biophotonics and biomedical optics, engineers developing optical instruments, and clinicians interested in translational applications. Key Features: The first book dedicated to the optics of blood. Provides comprehensive information linking physiology/morphology of blood with its optical properties. Includes a description of the very first complex analytical model connecting optical and physiological/morphological properties of blood. Provides over 150 illustrations and 10 summarizing tables to visualize the optical properties of blood and related applications. Includes software, video, and animation of optical properties of blood

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Dr. Alexandre (Sasha) Douplik is a Professor, Head of the Photonics Group in the Medical Physics Department at Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University since 2011, a Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, specializing in Biophotonics and Laser Medicine, author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers, 55 conference papers, seven book chapters and 18 patents. He was a visiting researcher at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan, in 2017, 2018 and 2023. From 2007-2011, he was a contract Research Professor at Erlangen University, Germany, where he defended his Biomedical Engineering Habilitation (Dr. of Science degree) in 2011. He was a Scientific Associate at Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, in 2006-2007, and a Senior Researcher in Xillix Technologies, Vancouver, Canada, in 2002-2006. He is a Senior Member of SPIE and OSA.

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