BioOptics Worldview Blogs

Optical imaging tech transfer programs encourage collaboration

05/15/2012
Transitioning technology from lab to market can be tricky. During a rump session organized by the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) at the Optical Society's (OSA) 2012 Biomedical Optics and 3D Imaging Cong... Read More

Determining whether a patient will respond to chemo

05/01/2012
I’m finding the plenary talks here at OSA’s Biomedical Optics and 3D Imaging conference particularly inspiring. For instance, this morning, Bruce Tromberg’s (University of California Irvine) talk on diffuse optic... Read More

The world's fastest-focusing lens?

04/20/2012
"The fastest focusing lens in the world" can change focal length in sub-microseconds--and can also do beam modulation, which makes it versatile for applications including spectroscopy and imaging. TAG Optics is a startup laun... Read More

CLEO:2012: Femto is fierce for cataract surgery

05/08/2012
At CLEO:2012, happening this week in San Jose, CA, one of the show's Market Focus talks focused on the future of femtosecond lasers in cataract surgery, led by moderator Marcos Dantus (BioPhotonic Solutions; MI), whose company's femtoAdaptiv femtosecond laser won this year's CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award; Arturo Chayet, MD, of the Codet Vision I... Read More

What's cutting-edge in optics?

04/25/2012
In this year's issues of BioOptics World so far, we've looked at optics in the life sciences--in terms of their innovations and their business impact on those who produce them.BOW contributor Mike May writes that in the biomedical arena, researchers always want new ways to see more--simply put, it's become increasingly important for them to be able to see... Read More

Photonics West 2012: DLP technology finds more application in bio

02/03/2012
At Photonics West 2012 (San Francisco, CA) I made sure to stop by Texas Instruments' (TI; Dallas, TX) booth, as the company is finding more ways to apply its proprietary Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology--which was originally used in some TVs and video projectors--in bioinstrumentation. The company used the show to launch its DLP LightCrafter modu... Read More