Università Roma Tre

The course provides the fundamentals of the interactions of light and living organisms and the biomedical use of the light. The course includes study of photophysics, photosynthesis, penetration of light in human tissues, fluorescence and bioluminescence photosensory, and ultraviolet radiation effects. Biomedical applications related to photodiagnosis, photosensitivity diseases, phototherapeutics, photodynamic therapy and photosensitizing drugs are discussed in detail.