@inbook{31111916027740978e121b7c8779f6ac,
title = "Biophotonics web application for computer simulations in diffuse optics: Fostering multidisciplinary education and research",
abstract = "Computer simulations (CS) are applied for instrument design, feasibility tests and education in low-resource settings. These applications have been targeted by research biophotonics CS. However, software enabling these CS were not designed for education, as they require programming experience from users as well as specialized training to use it. In this study, we have developed and tested a diffuse-optics web application to teach tissue optics to undergraduate students with diverse learning styles and backgrounds. Students' feedback showed that CS session using our web app received 84.6\% {"}Very good{"}and {"}{"}Good{"}responses for overall learning, 76.9\% for quality of the user manual instructions, 92.3\% for quality of teaching, 100.0\% for quality of subject matter among the participant respondents. Also, 92.3\% of participants considered CS important for their learning process.",
keywords = "biomedical optics, biophotonics, computer simulation, computer-assisted learning, computerbased learning environments, distance learning, light transport, light-tissue interactions, multidisciplinary, online education, STEM outreach, teaching and learning, tissue optics, Web application",
author = "Nogueira, \{Marcelo Saito\} and Baptiste Jayet and Matias, \{Jean Souza\} and Gunther, \{Jacqueline Elizabeth\} and Caitriona Tyndall and Stefan Andersson-Engels",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE.; Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXXIII; and Advanced Photonics in Urology 2022 ; Conference date: 20-02-2022 Through 24-02-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2610541",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Ibey, \{Bennett L.\} and Norbert Linz",
booktitle = "Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXXIII; and Advanced Photonics in Urology",
address = "United States",
}
