PIERS2019 Xiamen Focus/Special Sessions

SC3: Optical Wavefront Engineering: Inverse or Compensate Scattering in Complex Media

Organized by Dr. Jiamiao Yang (California Institute of Technology) and Prof. Puxiang Lai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Session's Information:

Light is almost an ideal form of electromagnetic waves to probe and treat biological tissues as it can interact with tissue chromophores at molecular scale noninvasively and safely. The applications, however, are limited by the strong scattering of light in tissue, which results in an inherent trade-off between penetration depth and spatial resolution. In the past 12 years (2007-2019), the idea of optical wavefront engineering has emerged and developed rapidly with an aim to overcome the aforementioned limitation by inversing or compensating the scattering-induced optical distortions, and to achieve high-resolution deep-tissue optical focusing and imaging. In this special session, the past, current, and future of this exciting and promising field will be presented. Foreseeable applications will be also discussed.

Organizer's Information:

Dr. Jiamiao Yang California Institute of Technology Prof. Puxiang Lai Hong Kong Polytechnic University https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bme/people/academic-staff/dr-puxiang-lai/