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Bioptigen ophthalmic OCT system garners FDA approval

05/17/2012

Bioptigen has received FDA 510(k) clearance to begin commercializing its handheld Envisu spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) devices for patient use.

Under green fluorescent light, microtubuli (shown) and other cell structures can be observed in living fish embryos

Microscopy method peers into cell structures of living fish

05/17/2012 Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and the American National Institutes of Health have developed a new microscopy method to visualize cell structures measuring...

Focal Point, Piezosystem Jena partner to deliver autofocus systems for bioimaging

05/15/2012

Focal Point and Piezosystem Jena, autofocus systems and nanopositioning solutions makers, respectively, have entered into a new partnership to deliver autofocus systems for biological imaging applications.

Bioengineering graduate student Carolyn Schutt won the Rudee Outstanding Poster Award for her research into a new imaging technique for breast cancer research

'Microbubbles' promising for early cancer screening garner research award

05/14/2012 Coupling the chemical sensitivity of optical imaging and tissue-penetrating properties of ultrasound imaging, Carolyn Schutt, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, is developing an imagin...
Princeton Instruments spectrograph has Schmidt corrector, eliminating field astigmatism

Princeton Instruments spectrograph has Schmidt corrector, eliminating field astigmatism

05/09/2012

Trenton, NJ--Princeton Instruments has introduced a new toroidal-mirror-based imaging spectrograph that includes a Schmidt corrector in its optics, completely eliminating astigmatism across the field.

Photoacoustics screen for breast cancer without X-rays

Photoacoustics screen for breast cancer without X-rays

05/08/2012 Twente, The Netherlands--Researchers from Netherlands' University of Twente and Medisch Spectrum Twente Hospital in Oldenzaal are now using photoacoustics rather than ionizing radiation to detect and visualize breast tumors.

BioOptics Worldview

Optical imaging tech transfer programs encourage collaboration

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

CLEO:2012: Femto is fierce for cataract surgery

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 las... Read More

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Two-photon microscopy: How, why and what

This webcast, presented by John Girkin, director of the Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University (UK) discusses the unique advantages of multip...

Key Secrets of Biospectroscopy

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