Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques in Medical Applications -- Translational Photoacoustic Microscopy -- Advances in Optoacoustic Imaging: From Benchside to Clinic -- Raman Spectroscopy Techniques: Developments and Applications in Translational Medicine -- Deep Tissue Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Diffuse Optical Probes -- High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography for Bio-imaging -- Handheld Probe-based Dual Mode Ultrasound/Photoacoustics for Biomedical Imaging -- Plasmonic Exosome Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics -- Nanoparticle-enabled Endoscopy: Extending the Frontiers of Diagnosis and Treatment -- Monitoring Free Gas In-situ for Medical Diagnostics Using Laser Spectroscopic Techniques -- Next Frontier in Optical Imaging Techniques for Laparoscopic Surgery: An Industry Perspective.