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Where Does OCT Go From Here?
OCT-A — optical coherence tomography angioplasty — which allows imaging without dye, is a promising breakthrough in the detection of early-stage glaucoma. And swept-source OCT has opened new...
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Managing Heat in Biomedical Devices
Biophotonic devices, packages and systems are subject to performance variability and failures at high temperatures because of thermomechanical stresses and corrosive decay. But optical performance...
Photobiomodulation Therapy Comes of Age
Important advances in our understanding of the basic science of photobiomodulation are influencing the development of laser technology and the use of these devices to treat a number of diseases and...
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Probes Food Freshness
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is well-suited to analysis of bulk, high-moisture agricultural samples such as fruit, grains, fish and meat. Light at NIR wavelengths penetrates samples with less...
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Windows of Opportunity
Our cover story considers the progress and prospects of optical coherence tomography. There are promising new uses of OCT, a panel of three industry experts tells us. One, as our striking cover image shows, is OCT angiography. OCT-A is just attracting the clinical interest that is the necessary precursor to wider adoption. But there are serious obstacles to this and other OCT techniques moving...
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Optogenetics Platform Uses Light to Activate Control of Intracellular Phase Transitions
A novel optogenetics platform, dubbed optoDroplet, uses light to activate phase transitions inside living cells. The optoDroplet system is being used to study the condensed phases driven by...
Optical Fiber Probe Detects Breast Cancer
Using an optical fiber probe, researchers have developed a more precise technique to distinguish breast cancer tissue from normal tissue. This novel device will potentially give surgeons the upper...
Light Therapy Shown to Reduce Plaques in Mice with Alzheimer’s
Using LEDs that can be programmed to flicker at different frequencies on mouse models genetically programmed to develop Alzheimer’s, researchers are exploring the potential of using light to...
Optical Tractor Beam Traps Bacteria
Physicists at Bielefeld and Frankfurt Universities are studying blood cells, algae and bacteria by trapping these biological cells with a laser beam. Using this procedure they have obtained...
Biosensor-Based Microscope Measures Cell Interactions Quantitatively Over Time
A novel live-cell imaging method, dubbed the Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscope (PCEM), could someday help biologists better understand how stem cells transform into specialized cells and how...
Laser Treatments Shown Effective in Killing Bacteria That Cause Dental Disease
The results of computer simulations depicting various laser wavelengths aimed at virtual bacterial colonies buried in gum tissue suggest that use of lasers in oral debridement is effective in killing...
FTIR Spectroscopy Enables Research at Subatomic Level
With the aid of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and computer simulations, the mechanism that causes the proteins that control critical bodily processes to be switched off has been...
New Treatment for Inflammatory Disease Uses Optogenetic Tool
An optogenetic approach to regulating inflammation and immunity in the human body employs photocontrolled inhibitors that are selectively delivered to the target cells via UV radiation. This novel...
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FluxData Joins Halma
Imaging technology company FluxData Inc. has joined Halma PLC, a UK-based safety, health and environmental technology group, becoming the newest member of Halma’s environmental and analysis...
Indigo Diabetes Raises €7M in Investment
Silicon photonic startup Indigo Diabetes NV has closed a €7 million ($7.4 million) round of series A investment to support its development of an optical glucose monitor for diabetics. The...
Implant and Camera System Restore Some Visual Function
UK health authorities have announced backing for 10 patients in England to receive bionic eye implants developed by the U.S. company Second Sight Medical Products.
Lensar Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Lensar, an Orlando-based developer of surgical ultrafast laser systems for cataract treatment, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company was acquired a year ago by social commerce...
Winship Installs Lattice Sheet Microscope
The Winship Cancer Institute at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University became one of only 15 sites worldwide to receive a lattice sheet microscope. Different than conventional...
Major Health Partners Installs Gamma Medica’s Breast Imaging System
Through its collaboration with Alpha Imaging Technologies, Major Health Partners (MHP) has purchased and installed Gamma Medica Inc.’s LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) system, Ohio’s first...
OneMedNet, Vida to Collaborate on Image Exchange for Pulmonary Diagnostics
Image exchange solutions provider OneMedNet Corp. has announced a partnership with Vida Diagnostics Inc., a developer of precision pulmonary imaging, to incorporate image exchange into current and...
Allotex, 3-D Micromac Enter Cooperation Agreement for Corneal Allograft Laser
Allotex Inc., an ophthalmic biologics and device company, and 3D-Micromac, a supplier of laser micromachining systems for the photovoltaic, electronics and medical device markets, have entered into a...
Varian Planning to Buy PerkinElmer Medical Imaging
Life sciences and diagnostic technology developer PerkinElmer Inc. is planning to sell its medical imaging business to Varian Medical Systems Inc. The business supplies flat panel X-ray detectors...
Quorum Coating System Installed at University of Southampton
The University of Southampton’s Biomedical Imaging Unit is using Quorum Technology Inc.’s Q150T ES combined sputter coating and carbon coating system as a general purpose workstation. The...
BioOpinion
Research the Key to a Rich, Meaningful Undergraduate Photonics Education
These are very exciting times for photonics research and education. Starting in 2015 with the International Year of Light (IYL) events and celebrations, we have had unique opportunities to communicate to the world the broad impact and achievements that light science and technology enabled, spanning almost all aspects of modern life including the internet, telecommunications, entertainment,...
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Sci-Fi Holograms Emerge on the Medical Scene
Doctor visits may be a lot more revealing in the next few years thanks to moving 3D video holograms. Scientists and engineers in the U.K. have introduced a new technology that will allow doctors and patients to see a heart beat, lungs inflate and even an unborn child in life size as a hologram that can be rotated and enlarged in real time. 3D video hologram of a ribcage. These movable dynamic...
Spectroscopy Sourcebook
Spectroscopy: New Uses in Surgical Suites, Laboratories
Spectroscopy is no stranger to the life sciences. This noninvasive technique has been employed in the sector for decades. But now, researchers worldwide are finding new applications in the surgical suite and laboratories, as well as in disease detection and diagnosis. This illustration shows how a surgical procedure will look using the wasp-inspired robotic needle. Courtesy of Imperial College...
Life Sciences Demand Spurs Spectroscopy Market
Novel advances in bio- and health care-related fields, and the growing demand for them, are driving the spectroscopy market to higher levels. Several subsets of this market are approaching the...
Spectroscopy May Help Unravel Alzheimer’s and Cancer
I nnovation is propelling spectroscopy into new uses in health care, bioimaging and other areas of the life sciences. Among the many fields the advances are poised to improve are the diagnosis and...
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Virtual Reality Software
The InView virtual reality software from Arivis AG is designed for the 3D and 4D visualization of microscope image data. The software allows its users to view not only 3D images of biological structures, but also interact with volumetric images and time series of these structures. The direct volume rendering technique allocates every single data point of the original 3D images to a voxel...
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Petri Dish
The Glass Bottom Dish from Ibidi GmbH is a 35-mm device, complementing the company’s line of cell imaging products. The petri dish, with high walls and a glass coverslip bottom, is...
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Differential Scanning Calorimeter
The Optical DSC450 Differential Scanning Calorimeter from Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd. enables simultaneous visualization of thermal processes for improved materials characterization. The...
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Video Camera System
The IK-CT2 from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. is an ultra-small, chip-on-tip video camera system. The 0.7 × 0.7-mm, back-side illuminated CMOS sensor features 220 × 220...
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Combination Optical Tweezer and Atomic Force Microscope
The OT-AFM Combi-System from JPK Instruments AG combined system to provide optical tweezers and atomic force microscopy on a single inverted light microscope platform. The OT-AFM ConnectorStage...
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Automated Microscopy System
The Celldiscoverer 7 automated microscopy system from Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH combines the automation features of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted...
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Color Fluorescence Microscope Camera
The DP74 color fluorescence microscope camera from Olympus Corp. combines advanced image processing technology, a low-noise design and easy-to-use software to deliver smooth, true-to-life images in...
Evident
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Live Cell Imaging System
The Live Cell Imaging System from BioTek Instruments Inc. fully automates live-cell imaging workflows for robust, real-time results without the need for manual intervention. The BioSpa System...
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32-GB High-Speed Camera Systems
Photron Inc. has announced a 32-GB memory option for the FASTCAM Mini AX, FASTCAM Mini UX and FASTCAM Mini WX high-speed camera systems. The FASTCAM Mini cameras are well-suited for demanding...
Photron USA Inc.
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Microspectrophotometer
Craic Technologies is now offering its 20/30PV microspectrophotometer with Windows 10. The system is used to measure the UV-VIS-NIR transmission, reflectance, fluorescence and polarization...
CRAIC Technologies
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Fiber Coupling Sample Holder
PicoQuant GmbH has announced a fiber coupling sample holder for the modular time-resolved spectrometer FluoTime 300. The holder makes it possible to interface the system with a microscope such...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Horticultural LED Emitters
A range of high-power color and white LED emitters for horticultural applications has been announced by LED Engin Inc. Alongside the typical colors used in horticultural applications, such as...
LED Engin Inc.
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The pE-300ultra LED from CoolLED provides intense, broad-spectrum LED illumination for imaging the most common fluorescent stains. The device provides access to both microsecond switching via...
CoolLED Ltd.
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