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OPHTHALMOLOGY/NONINVASIVE TREATMENT: Fiber-optic device promises minimally invasive treatment for wet AMD
Wet AMD is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in adults over 50, and currently the only treatment is weekly injec...
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BIOPHOTONICS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING/EPIGENETICS/OPTICAL SENSING: Driving biophotonics innovation: NIH New Innovator Award - Part 1
With this article, BioOptics World begins a periodic look at the impact on biophotonics of the NIH Director's Awards—a portfoli...
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BIOMEDICAL OPTICS/MICROSCOPY: Innovations in optics
Researchers' novel approaches to optics are facilitating better microscopy. From lenses without glass (including a broadband on...
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OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY/BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION: Three-mode endoscopy for ovarian cancer detection
A prototype endoscope that integrates optical coherence tomography (OCT), ultrasound, and photoacoustic imaging, proven able to...
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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. |
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'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...
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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. |
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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.
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NanoSight awarded prestigious Queen's Award
05/07/2012
Nanoparticle charaterization technology developer NanoSight (Salisbury, England) has been selected to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade 2012. |
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MIT's Ed Boyden awarded research prize for optogenetics work
05/04/2012
The first A. F. Harvey engineering research prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which is a prize of £300,000, was awarded to Professor Ed S. Boyden of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT)...
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Optical Coherence Tomography: The Implications of Key Developments
As OCT celebrates its 20th anniversary, Dr. Drexler will inspire and inform the online audience through a live, interactive webcast that explores the cu...
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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...
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Key Secrets of Biospectroscopy
The discussion will explore key spectroscopic methods (including Raman, near infrared, and more) and technologies involved in detecting cellular and sub...
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