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BioPhotonics - April 2012
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OCT Moves from Clinic to OR to . . . Home?
Optical coherence tomography has proved its worth in the physician’s office, but now it wants to make inroads into the surgical suite as well – and possibly beyond. Optical coherence...
Dynamic Phase-Shifting Microscopy Tracks Living Cells
The ability to instantaneously measure live cells – and follow motions and processes over time – helps researchers study dynamic cell behavior. Using harmless light levels – and...
Maldi-MS Making a Strong Comeback
From cancer diagnosis and prognosis to the effects of applying medical leeches, the applications of Maldi imaging are growing. Higher throughput and a wider choice of instruments such as solid-state...
Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Characterizes Biomaterials
Biomaterial characterization at the nanoscale is gathering interest, as a better understanding of properties such as particle size or number may provide new ways to look at nanotoxicology or provide...
Editorial
Is the Fountain of Youth Made of Light?
The World Health Organization’s World Health Day 2012 has come and gone (April 7), but its theme, “Good health adds life to years,” is one we all can appreciate. It also is a message that may well have special significance for the biophotonics community, promising opportunities for new research, treatments and medical devices aimed at making our lives better as we age....
BioScan
Liquid lasers detect cancer genes
Genes linked to cancer and other diseases may now be simpler to detect with a new liquid laser technique that clearly distinguishes between mutated and healthy DNA. Researchers at the University of Michigan say their method works better than the current approach, which uses fluorescent dye and other biological molecules to find and bind to mutated DNA strands. Their findings were reported in...
Morpho butterfly wings inspire thermal imagers
Mother Nature's 5 million year old butterfly design has led to the development of a bio-inspired sensor that is faster, smaller and more sensitive than today's thermal imaging devices. Dr....
Inorganic glass LEDs emit in the UV
Embedding nanocrystals in glass produces inorganic LEDs that emit in the difficult-to-achieve ultraviolet range. The devices could advance biomedical diagnostics and medicine. “The...
Optical material tailored from DNA
The DNA-origami technique has enabled the construction of nanospiral staircases from artificial blocks of DNA molecules. The approach could be used to modify light in very specific ways and could...
Quantum dots switch neurons on, off
Light from electrons confined by quantum dots has been used to activate and control targeted brain neurons. The method demonstrates a noninvasive way to study how cells communicate and how specific...
Petal-shaping inspires photopatterning tool
Nature's ability to shape a petal has inspired a new tool that uses photolithography and printing techniques to manufacture 3-D shapes easily and inexpensively. The technique, half-tone gel...
Spectroscopy reveals breast tumors early
A new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue represents a potential tool for determining a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and for studying ways to prevent it. ...
Fiber laser points to woven medical tools, 3-D displays
A multidirectional fiber laser could herald flexible 3-D displays and medical tools that activate therapeutic compounds with bursts of light. Most light emitters, from candles to lightbulbs to...
Controlling weeds with lasers
Weed growth now can be impaired using a carbon dioxide laser beam in the infrared range to destroy the plants' sensitive growth centers, called meristems. Increasingly, environmentally safe...
RapidScan
Agreements boost health of medical photonics
The medical photonics industry got a little stronger recently, thanks to business deals that will expand the portfolios of two Massachusetts companies. Excelitas Technologies of Waltham acquired...
Bioptigen Inc.
Technology company Bioptigen Inc. of Durham, N.C., has received clearance from Health Canada to begin marketing its handheld ophthalmic imaging systems for patient use. The Envisu series spectral...
Carl Zeiss Meditec
Jena, Germany-based medical technology company Carl Zeiss Meditec announced that it started the 2011/2012 financial year (end of reporting period Dec. 31, 2011) with revenue growth of 13.5 percent...
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc.
A developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. of Burlington, Mass., has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31,...
The Medical College of Wisconsin
The Medical College of Wisconsin, based in Milwaukee, has received a $250,000 four-year career development grant from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) in New York to investigate diseases that...
Kalorama Information
Health care market research publisher Kalorama Information reported that, driven by innovative devices such as capsule endoscopes, the gastrointestinal device market grew to $14.6 billion in 2011....
NinePoint Medical Inc.
A developer of medical devices for in vivo pathology, NinePoint Medical Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate high-resolution optical imaging of Barrett’s...
ProPhotonix Ltd.
ProPhotonix Ltd. of Salem, N.H., has reported a narrowed 2011 net loss but a revenue increase of 12 percent over 2010. The company designs and manufactures LED light engines and laser diode modules...
Postscripts
Polarization vision keeps cuttlefish safe
Cuttlefish may be colorblind, but they can see things we can’t – in fact, they have the most acute polarization vision yet found in any animal. And that special power gives them an advantage in survival and hunting situations. “Just like color and intensity, polarization is an aspect of light that can provide animals with information about the world around them,” said...
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Long-Life Fiber-Pigtailed Lasers
Coherent Inc. has expanded its OBIS family of plug-and-play smart laser modules with a new fiber-pigtailed option at wavelengths of 405, 488 and 640 nm. The devices are offered with 1 m of...
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Polarization-Maintaining Filters
Finisar Corp. has introduced two single-polarization programmable optical filters. The WaveShaper 1000S/SP and 1000M/SP are polarization-maintaining filters that provide full control of the amplitude...
II-VI Finisar
Fluorescence Bandpass Filters
Edmund Optics has announced the expansion, by nearly 100%, of its TechSpec fluorescence bandpass filters for fluorescence imaging applications. They are matched to common fluorophores used in...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Measurement System
The Sarfus Mapping Lite measurement system unveiled by Nanolane, the nanotechnologies department of Eolane, accommodates any optical microscope setup functioning with reflected light. It is designed...
Nanolane
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Microscopy Cameras
Finger Lakes Instrumentation has announced the MicroLine LS series of cameras for microscopy and life sciences applications. The cameras incorporate faster image capture and an expanded library...
Finger Lakes Instrumentation
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Triple Isotope Analyzer
Los Gatos Research has introduced a triple isotope analyzer for direct simultaneous measurement of δ17O, δ18O and δ2H ratios in liquid water and water vapor samples. The...
Los Gatos Research Inc. (LGR)
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Mask Alignment System
For LED manufacturing, EV Group has announced the EVG620HBL, the second-generation fully automated mask alignment system for volume manufacturing of high-brightness LEDs. It delivers a tool...
EV Group (EVG)
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Optical Fibers for CO
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, Er:YAG Lasers
Pigtails for pump modules and medical laser systems are in increasing demand and, for these applications, Laser Components GmbH is offering Hollow Silica Waveguides (HSW) from its partner Polymicro...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Back-Thinned Spectrometer
The Maya2000 Pro-VIS-NIR from Ocean Optics is a back-thinned 2-D fast Fourier transform-CCD spectrometer with high sensitivity, 80% peak quantum efficiency and good VIS-NIR response. It is suitable...
Ocean Optics - Part of Ocean Insight
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Inverted Microscope
The Axio Vert.A1 from Carl Zeiss is an inverted compact cell culture microscope that combines all standard contrasting techniques in a single stand. In transmitted light, it offers bright-field,...
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
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Self-Blocking SWIR Filters
Optics Balzers AG offers customized bandpass filters with a self-blocking design for the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) spectral region. The filters combine a wide blocking range and high bandpass...
Materion Balzers Optics
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SWIR Cameras
Xenics is introducing short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) cameras for the medical, scientific and industrial markets. A new detector, the XFPA-1.7-640-LN2, is geared to low-signal-level measurements in...
Xenics
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Kinetic Microspectroscopy
Craic Technologies Inc. has announced the addition of kinetic spectroscopy capabilities to its 20/20 Perfect Vision UV-VIS-NIR microspectrophotometer. With the kinetic spectroscopy package, the...
CRAIC Technologies
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Ergonomically Designed Microscopes
Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the CX22 series microscopes for routine and educational microscopy. Building on the success of the CX21 series, they feature improvements for convenient...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Cell Analysis Software
Scientists in the fields of cancer research, clinical research and pathology will benefit from Olympus America Inc.’s dedicated software module TissuemorphDP, which facilitates key aspects of...
Evident
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Deep-UV Lasers
Teem Photonics SA has released two new deep-UV laser sources. For applications ranging from materials ablation to laser-induced fluorescence, the 266-nm MicroChip range has been enhanced by the...
Teem Photonics
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Polarization Extension for LSMs
PicoQuant GmbH has released a polarization extension for its upgrade kit for confocal laser scanning microscopes (LSMs). Previously, commercially available upgraded LSMs could perform time-resolved...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Multipixel Photon Counter Test
Vertilon Corp. has launched the SIB416 for testing and evaluating the Hamamatsu S11064 multipixel photon counter. It is designed to give researchers and developers a quick and easy way to evaluate...
Vertilon Corp.
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