Photonics West 2021: OCT makes further biomedical breakthroughs
17 Mar 2021
Michael Kaschke outlines the factors driving OCT s continued translation from bench to bedside.
So commented Michael Kaschke, former Chairman of Zeiss for a decade and as of November 2019 Chairman of the KIT Supervisory Board, when he addressed the SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum on the topic of OCT s past success and likely future applications. At the World Ophthalmology Congress in 2009 I was asked what technologies I believed would play a key role in the following decade, said Kaschke. I said that ubiquitous use of OCT was one, along with multifocal lenses, femtosecond lasers in surgery, drug treatment for glaucoma and AMD, and development of accommodating lenses. Judgment on the last one is still out, but the other four predictions all came true.
SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum Showcases Best of Optics, Photonics, Quantum, Biomedical Technologies in Applications and Research
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Yeka Aponte. More than 100 live events including panel sessions, technical discussions, and networking events complemented the 3,200 on-demand presentations.
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In addition, two Digital Marketplaces one for Photonics West, one for BiOS together showcased more than 400 exhibitors and over 100 product demonstrations of the latest innovations in optics and photonics.
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Photonics West 2021: Microendoscopy shows details of neuron responses
11 Mar 2021
Yeka Aponte investigates how behaviors are regulated and the implications for pain relief.
Pain and gain: the brain s response
Studies of neural behavior using microendoscopy techniques are enhancing the understanding of how the brains of mice respond to both appetite and pain.
Presenting in the SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum, Yeka Aponte from the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University discussed how this could ultimately point towards novel pain relief treatments for humans. We are studying the mechanisms by which brain circuits regulate natural or survival behavior, said Aponte. This is relevant to two current global epidemics: obesity, and the crisis of opioid overdoses.
Photonics West 2021: Raman techniques assist biomedical analysis
09 Mar 2021
Jürgen Popp expects the detection abilities of Raman to enhance patient care and public health.
Raman and Lab-on-a-chip: rapid sample throughput
New applications of Raman spectroscopy and associated detection schemes are poised to enhance bedside care for patients and tackle a number of current challenges outside medicine.
Addressing the SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum, Jürgen Popp of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) outlined recent developments in Raman-related spectroscopy, along with the prospects for translation of the technology into real-world applications.
Popp discussed four specific and currently unmet needs: better monitoring of drug efficacy at the patient s bedside; the ability to detect pathogens spectroscopically without the need for labeling of those species; better measurement of water contaminants as a way to improve public health; and early stage detecti