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“Thinner Than a Needle” Endoscope Enables Tissues Imaging with Fewer Complications

Endoscopes are pretty familiar if health checkups are a routine part of one’s life. The endoscope is a long, flexible tube that houses a camera and a light source for imaging purposes.

6 Sep 2022

Study Develops Novel Handheld Optical Polarization Skin Cancer Imager

In an article published in the journal Cancers, researchers have developed a novel portable optical polarization imaging (OPI) device for the non-invasive, rapid, and in vivo identification of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) margins.

26 Aug 2022

Shaped Lasers Used to Slash Manufacturing Time for Fibre-Optic Medical Devices

The time it takes to manufacture fibre-optic medical devices used in healthcare has been dramatically slashed, Heriot-Watt University has announced.

24 Aug 2022

ZnO Nanorod-Coated Optical Fiber Sensor for Diabetes Detection

A ZnO-coated optical fiber sensor for detecting a volatile organic compound biomarker for diabetes has been recently demonstrated in a study published in Sensors. The researchers used a coreless silica fiber (CSF) coupled with single-mode fiber (SMF) at both ends to synthesize the SMF-CSF-SMF structure.

23 Aug 2022

Using Piezoelectric and Optical Sensors for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring

A study published in Micromachines proposed a multi-sensor-based, compact, cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring system that combines a piezoelectric sensor array with an optical sensor to monitor the blood pressure data from the radial artery.

19 Aug 2022

A New Approach for a Label-Free and Non-Invasive Clinical Device

Researchers have created a label-free, non-invasive Raman spectroscopy method that can capture microscopic images of biological specimens promptly and accurately identify a diversity of biomolecules.

18 Aug 2022

Researchers Find Potential in Amide Proton Transfer Imaging for Bladder Cancer Detection

A new study published in Clinical Radiology shows a technique based on Amide Proton Transfer (APT) capable of imaging the pathophysiology of bladder cancer (BCa) causing tissue at the molecular level.

18 Aug 2022

Low-Cost Shutter to Improve Tumor Imaging

In an article published in the journal Micromachines, researchers demonstrated an electrically tunable/switchable biostable liquid crystal (LC) light shutter in biological optics through a three-step, easy-assembly, inexpensive, multichannel shutter.

18 Aug 2022

Researchers Synthesize Green Fluorescent NCDs for Cell Imaging

A pre-proof study of Analytica Chimica Acta demonstrates the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots exhibiting green fluorescence using a one-step hydrothermal process. The as-prepared nitrogen-doped carbon dots have the potential to be used as reliable signals for tracking HS-.

10 Aug 2022

Researchers Improve Microscopic Imaging of Unstained Biological Tissues

A new study published in Nature Communications by the research group of Professor Wonshik Choi at the Department of Physics at Korea University demonstrates a lensless, Fourier holographic imaging fiber endoscope that performs label-free imaging of unstained biological tissues. This ultrathin fiber endoscope performs faster and provides a more accurate diagnosis than previous methods.

10 Aug 2022