Spanish and Australian researchers have collaborated on a new imaging technique similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but offering resolution and sensitivity sufficient...
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?
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)
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Near-infrared light enables handheld both diagnostics and screening instruments that could add considerable power to the arsenal of primary care and specialty physicians.
PicoQuant GmbH (Berlin, Germany) celebrated the 10th edition of its European Short Course called Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Berlin...
Bio-optics technologies figured prominently at the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting (February 14-18, Boston, MA).
BiOS, the world's largest biomedical optics and biophotonics symposium and exhibition, launched the 2013 Photonics West (February 2-7, San Francisco, CA) event.
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).
