Biophotonics: A Novel Approach Biomedical Diagnosis

Biophotonics is a multidisciplinary category under photonics, which involves the fusion of photonics and biomedical sciences. Biophotonics defined as the science of generating and harnessing light (photons) to image, detect and manipulate biological materials. It is applied in Medicine and Dentistry to understand, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Biophotonics mainly involves the interaction between light with biological tissues, and is used to study biological tissues and biological processes at different scales that ranges from micro to nano-levels. Biophotonics integrates Lasers, Photonics, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology. This integrated approach provides new dimension for diagnostics and therapeutics. This rapidly growing new discipline will have a major impact on health care.