DANIEL MCCARTHY, SENIOR EDITOR [email protected]Zig Ziglar, salesman and motivational speaker, famously said, “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” As clever as Ziglar’s metaphor is, it frames success as an inevitable destination waiting for those who persevere. Hard work always merits respect, whether it leads to success or not. But success is worthy of celebration for the inherent risks it confronts and overcomes, as much as for the hours and grit required to achieve it. So, perhaps there is an elevator to success after all, except we’re required to invest our own time and money to...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaARTICLESAI brings swift diagnosisMedical imaging modalities are now faster and more powerful than ever before, capturing thousands of images of diseased and healthy tissue. These images represent a vast resource for researchers and...BioPhotonics May/Jun 2022 IssueLEDs light a path to diagnosisCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing nearly 18 million deaths in 2019 alone, according to the World Health Organization. The vast majority of these deaths occurred...BioPhotonics Jul/Aug 2022 IssueRecord orders mark the end of 2021Last month, the quarterly earnings began trickling in for several publicly traded industry bellwethers — Stemmer, Cognex, and Basler. And the numbers paint a rosy picture. In its November...Vision Spectra Winter 2021 IssueTrust science to ask the right questionsAs has been noted recently on this page, evidence-based thinking and science could stand a little more advocacy these days. Hopefully, for most readers of this publication, the question is not why...Photonics Spectra May 2021 IssueWEBINARSData Analytics and Decision Theory at the Center of Advanced Sensing SolutionsHighly multiplexed and multivariate sensing platforms have proliferated in recent years, and data streams along with them. While optical and electronic platforms continue to advance, it is...Photonics.com 4/12/2022KEYNOTE: FLIM in Surgical OncologyMarcu reviews the development of clinically compatible fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) technology and applications in surgical oncology. Emphasis is placed on the integration of FLIM in surgical...Photonics.com 10/26/2022PANEL DISCUSSION: Systems Integrator ForumIndustry is increasingly looking to machine vision and automation to help solve increasingly complex production challenges across industries. And whether the solution involves deep learning,...Photonics.com 7/20/2021Looking Deeper by Listening to Light: Photoacoustic Imaging and Its ApplicationsPhotoacoustic imaging is a novel hybrid imaging technique that combines both optical and ultrasound imaging. In this technique, a short-pulsed laser source illuminates the tissue to generate sound...Photonics.com 11/3/2022