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New Optical System for Full-Field X-Ray Microscope Eliminates Chromatic Aberrations

X-ray microscopes are mostly used together with full-field imaging techniques in spectromicroscopy applications, where they permit the chemical structures of materials to be examined and visualized simultaneously.

3 May 2017

Compact Handheld Probe Helps in Endoscopic Diagnosis of Cancer Without Tissue Staining

As an important step toward endoscopic diagnosis of cancer, researchers have come up with a handheld fiber optic probe capable of being used to perform multiple nonlinear imaging techniques without the requirements for tissue staining. An ultrafast laser is used by this new multimodal imaging probe to develop nonlinear optical effects in tissue that can reveal cancer and several other diseases.

1 May 2017

Next-Generation Microscopy Enables Immunomodulatory Drug Discovery

The human immune system has a huge variety of cell types accomplishing diverse tasks in monitoring tissue homeostasis to eliminate damaged cells and to protect against pathogens. To guarantee the smooth and regulated functioning of this highly complex system, a fine-tuned coordination is essential that requires advanced communication.

25 Apr 2017

Authors Validate Novel Optical Topographic Imaging System's Accuracy in Mobile Cervical Spine

Winner of the Sanford J. Larson, MD, PhD, Award, Daipayan Guha, MD, presented his research, Optical Topographic Imaging for Intra-Operative Three-Dimensional Navigation in the Cervical Spine: Accuracy Validation and Initial Clinical Feasibility, during the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

25 Apr 2017

Innovative Platform for Overcoming Light Microscopy Color Barrier

Scientists from Columbia University have went one step closer toward breaking the “color barrier” of light microscopy for biological systems, thus enabling more system-wide and comprehensive labeling and imaging of innumerable biomolecules in living cells and tissues than achievable at present.

20 Apr 2017

University of Utah Team Develops Adjustable Smart Glasses

Engineers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed glasses with liquid-based lenses that "flex" to refocus on whatever the wearer is viewing.

12 Apr 2017

New Computational Methods Enable Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Achieve Unprecedented Resolution

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), which enables the molecular level visualization of proteins, viruses, and other biological structures, is an important tool used to further biochemical knowledge.

24 Mar 2017

New Light-Scattering Tool Helps Doctors Identify Pancreatic Cancer at Early Stage

Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack diagnostic tools to detect the disease in its early, treatable stages.

14 Mar 2017

Customized X-ray Glasses for Unparalleled Concentration of X-ray Beam

Special X-ray glasses have been custom developed by an international team of scientists in order to concentrate the beam of an X-ray laser stronger than ever before.

2 Mar 2017

Researchers Use Tailored Optoacoustic Surface Profiles to Generate Acoustic Fields

A team of researchers from the University College London, inspired by the limitations of the piezoelectric array technologies traditionally used for ultrasonics, went ahead and explored an alternative mechanism for producing ultrasound via light, also called the photoacoustic effect.

1 Mar 2017

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New Optical System for Full-Field X-Ray Microscope Eliminates Chromatic Aberrations

Compact Handheld Probe Helps in Endoscopic Diagnosis of Cancer Without Tissue Staining

Next-Generation Microscopy Enables Immunomodulatory Drug Discovery

Authors Validate Novel Optical Topographic Imaging System's Accuracy in Mobile Cervical Spine

Innovative Platform for Overcoming Light Microscopy Color Barrier

University of Utah Team Develops Adjustable Smart Glasses

New Computational Methods Enable Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Achieve Unprecedented Resolution

New Light-Scattering Tool Helps Doctors Identify Pancreatic Cancer at Early Stage

Customized X-ray Glasses for Unparalleled Concentration of X-ray Beam

Researchers Use Tailored Optoacoustic Surface Profiles to Generate Acoustic Fields

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