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BioPhotonics: October 2019

BioPhotonics
 October 2019


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Optics Peers Through the Haze of Dementia As the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias grows, so too does the pressure on the medical community to identify dementias as early as possible and...
Commercial Small Animal Imaging Could Aid Disease Detection The development of anticancer metastatic therapies for human clinical trials requires meticulous evaluation of efficacy and optimization of small animal test models in preclinical experimentation....
Nano-Optic Endoscope Gets Clearer View of Organs The emergence of innovative imaging techniques has enabled several medical applications in detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of diseases. However, there still exists a gap in the imaging of...
Biomedical Photoacoustics Reverberates in Clinics Shortly before Alexander Graham Bell’s death in 1922, the Scottish American scientist and inventor said the telephone was not what he regarded as his greatest achievement. Rather, that...
EDITORIAL
Eyes on dementia Ophthalmologists have known for more than a decade that thinning of retinal tissue has been associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and its devastating destruction of brain cells that occurs well before memory loss or other impairments set in. Now optical technologies are allowing clinicians to witness these dramatic changes before their eyes and behind those of their patients. As...
BIOSCAN
Biomaterial from Bacteria Shows Promise for Photonic Applications An international research team showed that a material created using tellurium nanorods, which are produced by naturally occurring bacteria, could be an effective nonlinear optical material that is...
Injected Nanoparticles Could Enable Sight Beyond Visible Spectrum No mammalian photoreceptor can effectively detect light that exceeds 700 nm, and mammals are unable to see near-infrared (NIR) light or to project a NIR image to the brain. To enable the detection of...
Computational Imaging Tools Improve Lateral OCT Resolution A new technique called optical coherence refraction tomography (OCRT) is able to increase the resolution of OCT down to a single micrometer in all directions, even in a living patient.
Intense Light Therapy Before Surgery Could Help Protect the Heart Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that intense light amplifies a specific gene — Period 2 (PER2) — that makes the metabolism of mice and humans...
Approach Uses Bayesian Analysis to Speed Spectroscopy Results Scientists from Arizona State University are leveraging the tools of data science to study molecular activity more quickly than is possible through traditional fluorescence correlation spectroscopy...
Lensless Endoscope Produces 3D Images of Ultrasmall Objects Researchers at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) have developed a tiny, self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any...
AI-Based Portable App Could Help Growers Prevent Production Losses Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) and transfer learning are being applied to just-in-time crop disease detection, through the introduction of a new smartphone tool developed for banana...
Multiphoton Microscopy Reveals Lattice Network of Skin Fibers Using multiphoton microscopy (MPM), researchers at Kyoto University showed that the collagen fibers in the skin are arranged in a mesh-like lattice and not in a clear geometric orientation as...
RAPIDSCAN
Invicro Names Morris VP of Scientific Imaging Research Invicro has appointed Evan Morris vice president of scientific imaging research at their New Haven, Conn., location. Morris serves as a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, biomedical engineering, and psychiatry at Yale University, focusing on functional brain imaging. He previously taught at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and holds an M.S. and a doctorate in...
Nanotronics Announces New Manufacturing Facility in Brooklyn, NY Nanotronics, along with New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, have announced a high-tech manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The facility will be located in the historic Building 20, a...
Modulight Appoints Orsila President, CEO Modulight Inc. has named Seppo Orsila as president and CEO, effective immediately. Petteri Uusimaa will assume the roles of vice president and CTO. Orsila and Uusimaa will continue to lead the...
LBP Purchases Symons Mirror Technology LBP Optics has announced the purchase of Symons Mirror Technology, an optical and mechanical component diamond machining company. The acquisition allows LBP Optics to manufacture complex shapes such...
Harvard Bioscience Elects Edrick to Board of Directors Harvard Bioscience, Inc. has elected Alan Edrick to its board of directors, effective Sept. 3. Edrick, 51, serves as executive vice president and CFO of OSI Systems, Inc., a specialist in...
Luxinar Opens Regional Office in Germany Luxinar Ltd., previously Rofin-Sinar UK, has opened a regional office near Hamburg, Germany. The official opening took place Aug. 28. Thorsten Föcking will serve as regional general manager of...
HÜBNER Photonics Cuts Ribbon on New Facility The HÜBNER Group has opened a new facility to support research, development, and manufacturing of laser technology for HÜBNER Photonics. The new facility, the HÜBNER Photonics HUB...
Delta Optical Thin Film Lays Cornerstone for New Facility Delta Optical Thin Film celebrated the start of construction on a new facility with a cornerstone laying ceremony on Aug. 22. The new 2300 sq. meter building has been designed with the potential for...
New Scale Technologies Names Quinlivan VP of Sales and Marketing New Scale Technologies has promoted Heidi Quinlivan to vice president of sales and marketing. Quinlivan has more than 25 years of experience in business development, marketing, customer care, and...
Robert Alfano Awarded 2019 SPIE Gold Medal Robert Alfano received the 2019 SPIE Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the society, during the awards banquet at the SPIE Optics + Photonics conference this month. Alfano, professor of...
BioTek Receives Vermont Business Growth Award BioTek Instruments is among the businesses that will receive an award at the Vermont Business Growth Awards on Sept. 17. The awards are presented annually by Vermont Business Magazine and KeyBank,...
BIOPINION
Optics links brain research to behavior Optics and microscopy have always played important roles in neuroscience. The innovations brought by optogenetics and fiber photometry, in the context of freely moving animals and behavioral research, have only reinforced those roles. Conventional microscopy has been complemented by imaging of individual neuronal activity within a selected group of tagged neurons by a miniature fluorescent...
POSTSCRIPTS
Sharks reign aglow The notoriety of “Shark Week” may be getting a flashy new upgrade, thanks to the phenomenon of glowing sharks. Certain shark species have been found to biofluoresce, illuminating the deep blue water in their vicinity with a light, bright green that is visible only to other sharks. The source of this light was previously unknown, but we now know that the hue is made possible by a...
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Microscopy Software Teledyne Lumenera’s INFINITY ANALYZE 7 microscopy software supports the complete line of Teledyne Lumenera INFINITY microscopy cameras with an intuitive interface for camera control, and image...
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OCT System The CIRRUS 6000 100-kHz ultra-fast OCT system from Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is designed to increase the efficiency of eye care practices. The system provides wider and deeper OCT/OCTA scans with...
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Focusing Objectives The LMUL-10X-UVB, LMUL-20X-UVB, and LMUL-50X-UVB Focusing Objectives from Thorlabs Inc. are high-power UV devices designed for use with UV excimer lasers and other UV sources. The objectives...
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XYR Alignment Stages XYR Alignment Stages from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. offer high precision and repeatability for industrial, medical, semiconductor, research, and laboratory applications. The XYR-01-01...
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Spectral Light Meter The MSC15 Spectral Light Meter from Gigahertz-Optik GmbH measures LED-based light sources by illuminance, spectrum, color, CRI, PAR, and human-centric metrics. Internal memory for local storage...
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UV Imaging Camera The SceneScope RUVIS 29MP Full Spectrum Imaging Camera from SPEX Forensics, division of Horiba Instruments Inc., is a reflective UV imaging system. The short-wave device captures 29 MP in a...
HORIBA Scientific
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Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope The Mirante Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope from Nidek Co. Ltd. is a multimodal fundus imaging platform that combines high-definition scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence...
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Agricultural Disease Sensor The SporeCam sensor from LumiGrow Inc. allows crop growers to detect diseases early and optimize their pest management practices to minimize yield losses. The sensor is integrated with the...
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Raman Microscope The RM5 Raman Microscope from Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. is a compact, automated system suitable for analytical and research purposes. The confocal design of the RM5 offers high spectral...
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Thermal Imaging Cameras T530 and T540 thermal imaging cameras from FLIR Systems Inc. offer R&D scientists and engineers the resolution, imagery, and temperature accuracy needed to help improve product design, increase...
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