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Optical Sensor Could Assist With Needle Placement For Epidurals, Other Procedures

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 18, 2016 at 2:54 am , by synadmn

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH; Boston, MA) has developed an optical sensor that can be embedded into an epidural needle, helping anesthesiologists guide the needle to the...

Plasmonic Lasers Get a Sharper Focus

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 16, 2016 at 2:54 am , by synadmn

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A research team led by Sushil Kumar of Lehigh University, Penn, USA, has devised an “antenna feedback” scheme that reportedly can provide single-mode operation and strong, highly directional far-field coupling in surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) lasers, bringing them “closer to...

Laser Advances Drive Development of Specialized Optical Coatings

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 11, 2016 at 11:18 pm , by synadmn

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While advances in laser technology have driven the unprecedented development of optical coatings, the optical and mechanical properties of coatings must continue to evolve for successful deployment of next-generation high-power, ultrafast, and spaceborne laser systems. Read more...

Optics Augments Reality And Brings 3-D Medicine Into Focus

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 10, 2016 at 1:03 am , by synadmn

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Live 3-D imaging is one of the hottest topics in optics today, transforming medical imaging capabilities and delivering the immersive experience behind augmented and virtual reality. During The Optical Society’s Light the Future centennial program in Heidelberg, Germany on 26...

Portable Device Produces Biopharmaceuticals On Demand

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 8, 2016 at 1:56 am , by synadmn

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For medics on the battlefield and doctors in remote or developing parts of the world, getting rapid access to the drugs needed to treat patients can be challenging. Biopharmaceutical drugs, which are used in a wide range of therapies including...

Handheld Retinal Imaging—at the Cellular Level

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 5, 2016 at 12:11 am , by synadmn

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT), adaptive optics and other technologies have opened up a world of possibilities for imaging the retina, right down to the photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) that are the gateway to vision. But the equipment for cellular-resolution...

Facilitating Fluorescence with Optical Filtering

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 3, 2016 at 1:33 am , by synadmn

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It is hard to overestimate the impact fluorescence imaging has had on life sciences. Fluorescence has advanced the field dramatically, and has become the basis for numerous bioimaging approaches and applications. Optical filtering provides a major source of enhancement for...

Imaging the Brain at Multiple Size Scales

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | August 1, 2016 at 2:27 am , by synadmn

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MIT researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to peer at molecules within cells or take a wider view of the long-range connections between neurons. This technique, known as magnified analysis of...

New Non-invasive Imaging Method for Showing Oxygen in Tissue

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | July 29, 2016 at 2:10 am , by synadmn

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Learning how to look inside a body without having to cut it open is still an important part of medical research. One of the great challenges in imaging remains the visualization of oxygen in tissue. A team led by Prof....

Pixel-array Quantum Cascade Detector Paves the Way for Portable Thermal Imaging Devices

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | July 27, 2016 at 2:11 am , by synadmn

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The primary source of infrared radiation is heat — the radiation produced by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter, including the motion of the atoms and molecules in an object. The higher the temperature of an object, the...