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Multispectral Imaging Aids Wound Healing, Pathology Research Jun 11, 2019 — From airborne mapping to astronomical imaging to manufacturing inspection, multispectral imaging (MSI) has long been the go-to tool for extracting crucial details, often from distant views. Today, MSI is making promising inroads in biomedical applications, where its capacity for noninvasive, cost-effective imaging delivers customizable information in real time. "Spectral sensing is extremely common. Chances are you have used spectral sensing either at the doctor’s office or hospital...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2019
Custom Optical Coatings for Cinema, Avionics, and LIGO Apr 12, 2019 — Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) optical components such as filters, beamsplitters, prisms, and mirrors are used in numerous applications, including machine vision, microscopy, and optical test and measurement. These components are often coated with...
Photonics Spectra, May 2019
LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: An Innovation Playground Apr 10, 2019 — With a first-rate portfolio, LASER World of PHOTONICS (Laser Munich) is a one-stop shop for research and technology, industry, and academia — showcasing numerous photonics components, systems, and applications. The biennial conference and...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2019
Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers: Emerging Tools for Biomedical Discovery Mar 15, 2019 — From nonsurgical vision correction to multiphoton imaging to neuronal optogenetics, ultrashort-pulse lasers — also informally known as ultrafast lasers — have become essential tools in biomedical discovery. VEGFR3-positive (red)...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2019
Upconversion Materials Empower Thermal Bioimaging Mar 8, 2019 — Bioimaging is a fundamental technique for research in the life sciences, and it is used routinely in the medical industry. The procedure itself encompasses many different methods, such as electron microscopy, x-ray tomography, and magnetic resonance...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2019
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Novel Multiphoton Imaging Techniques Reveal Brain’s Secrets Jan 11, 2019 — Nearly two decades ago, Winfried Denk and Karel Svoboda argued in the journal Neuron that “multiphoton imaging is more than a gimmick”1. At the time, confocal microscopy — combined with advancements in fluorescent reporter systems...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2019
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Advancements in Raman Spectroscopy Find Real-World Uses in the Life Sciences Dec 14, 2018 — Since its development in the mid-1920s, Raman spectroscopy has been used to study various low-frequency vibrational modes in molecular systems. In contrast to its counterpart — Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), which probes...
BioPhotonics, Jan 2019
Optimizing Probe Positioning for Life Science Research Oct 12, 2018 — Photonics technologies enable life scientists to probe samples in the increasingly sophisticated study of processes ranging from neuron signaling to heart muscle contraction, as well as cells and cellular development. As research continues at...
BioPhotonics, Dec 2018
Miniaturization, Increased Resolution Drive Microscopy’s Future Sep 12, 2018 — Miniature fluorescence microscopes and other system components, such as liquid lenses, are among emerging microscopy advancements that are bettering optical inspection in areas including the life sciences and machine vision. Now, such technology is...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2018
SHG Microscopy Brings Live Cells into 3D Focus Sep 10, 2018 — Second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy brings the imaging of select biomolecular assemblies into 3D focus. It highlights biomolecules that follow specific structural organization within biological tissues, and complements two-photon excited...
BioPhotonics, Oct 2018
Photothermal IR Spectroscopy Boosts Chemical Microscopy, Expands Applications Aug 15, 2018 — Current bioanalysis largely relies on tissue homogenization and separation, followed by various assays. Without spatial and temporal dynamics information, the way in which molecules execute their functions in a living system remains unknown....
BioPhotonics, Sep 2018
Fluorescence Microscopy Unravels Morphogenesis, Function of Lymph System May 24, 2018 — The lymphatic system is an underinvestigated part of the vascular system. A team led by Friedemann Kiefer at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI) at the University of Münster in Germany is aiming to change that in ongoing studies...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2018
Double-Helix Point Spread Function Delivers Precise Extended-Depth Microscopy May 23, 2018 — Light microscopy is a powerful method used in many scientific disciplines, including the life sciences, to visualize finer details in samples. The use of fluorescence enables specific targeting and labeling of biomolecules and other chemicals....
BioPhotonics, Aug 2018
Continuously Variable Bandpass Filters Aid Optics and HSI May 14, 2018 — Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has been in use for a couple of decades in applications such as satellite imaging and air reconnaissance. Despite its widespread use, there is a lack of clarity of what “hyperspectral” encompasses. Sometimes techniques...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
Nonconfocal 3D Microscopy Combines Real-Time Images with Depth of Focus Apr 9, 2018 — Stereo 3D microscopes produce real-time 3D images, but they are usually limited to low-magnification applications, such as dissection. Most compound light microscopes produce flat, 2D images because high-magnification microscope lenses have...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Multiphoton Microscopy Sets the Standard for Live-Cell Imaging Mar 12, 2018 — Multiphoton imaging is widely used for live-cell imaging. Many of the applications are in neuroscience, where the overarching trends involve deeper imaging using longer wavelengths. These trends are the leading drivers behind the latest generation...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2018
Continuously Variable Bandpass Filters Aid Optics and HSI Jan 24, 2018 — Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has been used for a couple of decades in applications such as satellite imaging, air reconnaissance and other markets that are not price sensitive. Still, there is no clear definition of the term. Sometimes techniques...
EuroPhotonics, Mar 2018
Prism Awards Honor Industry’s Top Innovators Jan 16, 2018 — What do the world’s smallest FTIR spectrometer and a smartphone add-on sensor for noncontact bioimaging have in common? The 2018 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. These products are among 30 finalists for the awards that recognize the...
BioPhotonics, Jan 2018
Histology Breaks a Speed Barrier Jan 11, 2018 — High-bandwidth sensing has brought data volumes previously unconsidered into everyday tools. Tightly coupled with this are modern, powerful computational approaches, including machine learning and scalable computation, that enable intelligent data...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2018
SPIE BiOS Highlights Biomedical Optics Jan 3, 2018 — SPIE BiOS has been hailed “the most important biomedical optics conference you can attend in 2018.” The world’s largest biophotonics, biomedical optics and imaging conference, it offers the latest research on topics such as...
BioPhotonics, Jan 2018
MUSE: Simple Slide-Free Microscopy Dec 8, 2017 — Even in this era of molecular medicine, conventional light microscopy remains the principal contributor to cancer diagnostics and also serves to guide surgical procedures, monitor disease activity and follow therapy responses over time. Although...
BioPhotonics, Jan 2018
Silicone Immersion Objectives Boost 3D Live-Cell Imaging Dec 6, 2017 — Refractive index mismatch and resulting spherical aberration has historically plagued researchers interested in long-term, live-cell imaging at high resolution. The use of silicone oil objectives helps mitigate this mismatch, as the refractive index...
BioPhotonics, Jan 2018
Photonics West Brings Together Industry’s Best, Brightest Nov 1, 2017 — With three conferences — BiOS, LASE and OPTO — and two exhibitions, SPIE Photonics West is the world’s largest annual event for the photonics, laser and biomedical optics industries. And it’s just around the corner —...
Photonics Spectra, Dec 2017
DGC Helps Illuminate Mechanisms of Alcohol Dependency Oct 10, 2017 — Imaging transparent, colorless specimens has always presented a challenge in optical microscopy. In many applications, it is not desirable or even possible to use fluorescent dyes, stains or transgenic probes to render target objects more visible....
BioPhotonics, Dec 2017
Silicone Immersion Objectives Answer the Call for Higher Resolution Sep 21, 2017 — Refractive index mismatch, and resulting spherical aberration, has historically plagued researchers interested in long-term, live-cell imaging at high resolution. The use of silicone oil objectives helps mitigate this mismatch as the refractive...
Photonics Spectra, Nov 2017
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