Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School Non-invasive Biophotonics for Personalized Medicine Abstract Personalized or precision medicine is an emerging paradigm in health care delivery that seeks to tailor medical treatment to the individual characteristics, needs and preferences of each patient. Biophotonic technologies are likely to play a significant role in realizing the benefits […]
Associate Researcher at the Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine Clinical skin imaging with multiphoton microscopy– current strategies and future directions Abstract The ability of multiphoton microscopy (MPM) to generate high-resolution 3D maps of specific tissue molecular compounds led to its widespread use in biomedical applications. MPM has been successfully employed in research labs for basic […]
Associate Researcher at the Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine Quantitative Phase Microscopy for the Evaluation of Cell Morphological Properties Abstract Cell morphology and dynamics are related to a variety of significant biomedical properties, such as the metastatic potential of cancer cells, disease related stiffness changes in red blood cells, pluripotency of stem cells, and cell-to-cell […]
Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Surface studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Light Scattering in Diffraction Limit Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging Abstract Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy is a noninvasive technique for chemical imaging of micrometer size samples. Employing an infrared source, a microscope coupled to a FTIR spectrometer, and replacing a single detector with an […]
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, UC Riverside Cancer Photo-Theranostics Abstract Nano-sized structures provide a platform for the delivery of imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors. When activated by light, these structures enable visualization of small tumor nodules and their destruction through a variety of photo-transduction mechanisms. My lab focuses on the engineering of nano-sized platforms derived […]
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center X-ray-induced Acoustic Computed Tomography (XACT) Abstract X-ray computed tomography (CT) has proved tremendously useful for noninvasive medical imaging ever since its inception nearly 50 years ago. However, there remain two major limitations: radiation harm […]
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease Abstract In vivo optical imaging provides microscopic images in patients, in real time, without tissue removal. Due to its high resolution, optical imaging has […]
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame Fast-Changing Times: Advanced Optical Technologies Enabling the Next Generation of Quantitative Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy Abstract Quantitative Noninvasive Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy utilizing time-dependent methods can separate the effects of optical absorption and scattering and thus provide greater accuracy, precision, and 3D resolution of deep tissue physiology […]
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Brillouin Microscopy and Endoscopy Abstract Brillouin imaging can extract viscoelastic properties with micron-level resolution in a label-free, non-invasive way. The conventional bulk-optics based Brillouin system has already been applied to various biological samples. While the utility of Brillouin imaging has been demonstrated, the intrinsically weak scattering process means that recent work […]
Endowed Research Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering University of California, Irvine Non Linear Optical Corneal Collagen Crosslinking (NLO CXL) for Treatment of Refractive Errors Abstract Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) using ultraviolet light (UVA) photoactivation of riboflavin leads to corneal mechanical stiffening that shows significant therapeutic benefits for patients with Keratoconus, and also […]
