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    Spanish and Australian researchers have collaborated on a new imaging technique similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but offering resolution and sensitivity sufficient...
    March 1, 2013
    What does the natural imaging potential of melanin have in common with the ability of recombinant Vaccinia viruses to target and replicate within tumor cells?
    March 1, 2013
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    As described in a study published by Optics Express, a team of researchers from Scotland, Canada, and The Netherlands have reached a milestone in optical monitoring for medical...
    March 1, 2013
    (Image courtesy of Michalina Gora, Ph.D., and Kevin Gallagher, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital)
    This one-inch endomicroscopy capsule, tethered to a console by optical fiber, contains a rotating infrared laser tip along with sensors that record reflected light.
    A laser-based imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of a multivitamin is the creation of researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General...
    March 1, 2013
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    Was the 2013 SPIE Startup Challenge a good barometer for the impact of life sciences in emerging applications of optics and photonics?
    March 1, 2013
    (Courtesy of BioPet Vet Lab/PooPrints)
    BioPet Vet Lab scientists work to find a DNA match for PooPrints-friendly communities across the country.
    Dog owners disgusted by scooping your dog's poop, take note: If you live in a managed community where there is a known problem of dog walkers who won't clean up after them, your...
    March 1, 2013
    Recent study findings reported at the annual meeting of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery confirmed that low-level laser therapy produced a significant reduction in...
    March 1, 2013
    FIGURE 1. Simulated spectra of the biomarker hydrogen cyanide (HCN), along with the most important interfering compound, water vapor (H2O), at atmospheric pressure and at concentrations typically found in exhaled human breath. Note the logarithmic scale on the y axis.
    Technological advances have done away with the need to concentrate breath for analysis, and promise noninvasive measurement of biomarkers. Studies based on mid-infrared light ...
    March 1, 2013
    (Image courtesy of Polymicro Technologies)
    Polymicro Technologies' sterilizable and biocompatible JTFIH silica/silica optical fiber delivering laser light at its tip.
    Optical fiber technology, which has been used in the clinic since the 1960s, offers a convenient, affordable, safe, and effective approach for delivering light to and from the...
    March 1, 2013
    FIGURE 1. (a) A laboratory-based cryogenic soft x-ray radiograph shows a S. cerevisiae yeast cell at a 2° tilt; (b) The central slice of the corresponding tomographic reconstruction from a full 120° tilt series corresponds to a total dose of 7.2 MGy of absorbed radiation; (c and d) In the depiction of the 3D segmented volume of the cell membrane (c) and internal organelles (b), the smallest detectable structure is approximately 90 nm in diameter.
    Soft x-ray microscopy enables imaging of whole cells at intermediate length scales, helping to bridge the resolution gap between light and electron microscopy. The widespread ...
    March 1, 2013
    (Image courtesy of Stephen A. Boppart)
    FIGURE 1. This handheld device uses optical coherence tomography (OCT) to reveal bacterial biofilms—behind the tympanic membrane (TM)—that cause ear infections.
    Near-infrared light enables handheld both diagnostics and screening instruments that could add considerable power to the arsenal of primary care and specialty physicians.
    March 1, 2013
    Students at the Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy European short course appreciated the opportunity to talk with renowned scientist Joseph R. Lakowicz, director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who co-founded the event in 2003.
    PicoQuant GmbH (Berlin, Germany) celebrated the 10th edition of its European Short Course called Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Berlin...
    March 1, 2013
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    Bio-optics technologies figured prominently at the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting (February 14-18, Boston, MA).
    March 1, 2013
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    BiOS, the world's largest biomedical optics and biophotonics symposium and exhibition, launched the 2013 Photonics West (February 2-7, San Francisco, CA) event.
    March 1, 2013
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    The first-ever artificial retina implant, designed to replace damaged cells within the eye, has received market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
    March 1, 2013