Biomedical applications of holography

JUL 01, 1969

The three‐dimensional imaging property and great depth of field immediately suggest applications such as population studies in large tanks. Less obvious applications based on optical filtering rather than imaging include diagnostic cytology and radiology.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3035672

Ernest J. Feleppa

WITH THE SIMPLICITY of its fundamental theory and the simplicity of its application, holography is an elegant concept. Moreover it is versatile, being applicable to a variety of imaging and nonimaging problems. Holography certainly warrants serious consideration by biological and medical researchers as a valuable addition to the list of physical techniques that have become essential to them.

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Ernest J. Feleppa. Columbia University.