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UT Arlington Bioengineer Receives NSF Award to Acquire Accurate Images of Deep Tissue

A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue.

11 Feb 2013

Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Helps Monitor Hepatic Function in Liver Cancer Patients

Monitoring the hepatic function of unresectable liver cancer patients, measured by 99mTc-labeled iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) via single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) prior to and during radiation therapy, provides vital information that could guide more customized treatment plans and reduce risks of liver injury, according to research being presented at the 2013 Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium.

11 Feb 2013

Verisante Earns 2013 Prism Award for Aura Non-Invasive Optical System

Verisante Technology, Inc. (the "Company" or "Verisante"), a leader in cancer detection technology, announced today that the Company has won a 2013 Prism Award in the Life Sciences and Biophotonics category for Aura™, a revolutionary skin cancer detection device. The winners were announced at an Awards banquet on February 6, 2013 in San Francisco.

8 Feb 2013

High-Performance LED Blasting Light from Larson Electronics

Long time manufacturer of industrial grade lighting Larson Electronics has announced the addition of a high performance LED blasting light with magnetic mounting base. Designed to provide high output from a small form factor and easily attached to metallic surfaces, the BLWP-40LED LED Blasting Light is ideal for operations where cumbersome tripod or platform work lights are impractical.

8 Feb 2013

New Reports on OLED General Lighting, LED Packaging, and Chinese LED Markets

Global Information (GII) provides market research reports containing detailed forecasts that can help LED industry participants increase their efficiency and grow revenues with better operational planning to reduce variances between supply and demand. GII becomes part of a company's value chain by supplying the necessary research and information to help them make better business decisions.

8 Feb 2013

Mitsubishi Electric Creates Prototype Car Display System with Innovative Optical Engine

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has developed a prototype car display system with an optical engine that can project images on curved, oval or triangular screens to suit a wide range of car interiors.

8 Feb 2013

Edge I&D Selects TranSwitch’s HDplay Solution for New Interactive LED-LCD Display Whiteboards

TranSwitch Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing consumer electronics and telecommunications markets, today announced that the Company’s HDplay™ transceiver has been designed into Edge I&D’s new Interactive LED-LCD Display Whiteboards.

8 Feb 2013

Non-Linear Optics Researcher Earns NSF CAREER Award

A Johns Hopkins engineer who is developing a high-speed imaging system designed to enable researchers to continuously record images at a rate of more than 100 million frames per second – 100 times more rapidly than current technology allows – has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a five-year, $400,000 grant.

8 Feb 2013

Gamma Scientific Announce New Optical Integrating Tube System for Spectral Measurements of Tube Lamps

Gamma Scientific, pioneers in LED testing for over 40 years, will be demonstrating their new, Optical Integrating Tube and Spectral Sphere Systems in booth 301 at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA from February 12-14, 2013.

From Gamma Scientific 7 Feb 2013

Wearable Cameras Help Better Understand Health and Lifestyle Behaviors

Understanding the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes can be enhanced by the use of wearable cameras, concludes a collection of studies in a special theme issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

7 Feb 2013

Ultra High-Definition 4K Digital Signage Display from LG Electronics

LG Electronics USA has introduced the industry's first "Ultra High-Definition" 4K digital signage display, the commercial version of the award-winning LG 84-inch class (84.04 inch diagonal) Ultra HD TV.

7 Feb 2013

NIT Demonstrates WiddY Sensor Board Using Lattice Semiconductor's HDR60 Development Kit at Photonics West

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that New Imaging Technologies (NIT) is demonstrating its WiDy Sensor board with the LatticeECP3™-based HDR60 Camera Development Kit at Photonics West in San Francisco.

From Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 7 Feb 2013

FDA Clears BIOLASE’s Diolase 10 Diode Soft Tissue Laser for Broader Medical Procedures

BIOLASE, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental lasers, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the 940nm Diolase 10 diode soft tissue laser for use in 19 additional medical markets including: ear, nose and throat, oral surgery, arthroscopy, gastroenterology, general surgery, dermatology, plastic surgery, podiatry, GI/GU, gynecology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pulmonary surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, urology, dermatology, aesthetics, and vascular surgery. This FDA clearance includes over 80 different procedures.

7 Feb 2013

Robust Industrial Grade LED Light Fixture from Larson Electronics

Larson Electronics has announced the addition of a powerful industrial grade LED light fixture designed to withstand the damaging effects of wet and corrosive environments.

7 Feb 2013

Fairchild Semiconductor to Demonstrate LED Driver Applications at Light 2013

During Strategies in Light 2013, February 12-14, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif., Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile solutions, will demonstrate LED driver applications, including the highly integrated PFC and PWM controllers, which allow designers to reduce BOM count, enable smaller lamp sizes, eliminate design complexity, and improve overall lighting efficiency.

7 Feb 2013