Optical Coherence Tomography News

1. Research Associate/Research Fellow Optical Coherence Elastography at University of Western Australia

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 27 2015 Jobs & Studentships

   

   Job no: 493993 Work type: full-time Location: Crawley Categories: Engineering / Computing and Mathematics SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER ENGINEERING OPTICAL+BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 2 year appointment, with the possibility of extension Salary range: Level A $63,332 - $85,942 p.a. or Level B $90,468 - $107,431 p.a. (dependent on qualifications and experience) Research & Development In Biomedical Photonics (Australia) The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight and ranked among the top 100 universities (88 th in the world) with a broad and balanced coverage of disciplines in the arts ...

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   Mentions: David D. Sampson University of Western Australia

2. Haag-Streit UK appointed sole distributor of the Optovue, Inc. portfolio in the UK

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 26 2015 Ophthalmology , Other Business News

   

   Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard optometry and ophthalmic equipment, is pleased to announce that it will be appointed sole distributor of the Optovue, Inc. product portfolio in the UK from 4th February 2015. Optovue, Inc, has a reputation for pushing the frontiers of innovation and ophthalmic medical diagnostic imaging with its Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) product portfolio, which includes the: Angiovue OCT Angiography system, iVue, iFusion, iScan and XR Avanti OCT products. HS-UK will be taking over the UK distribution from Watford-based Grafton Optical, Optovue, Inc distributors since January 2007. Bill Shields, Vice President International ...

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   Mentions: Optovue Haag-Streit Optovue iVue

3. Feature Of The Week 01/25/15: Detection and characterisation of biopsy tissue using quantitative optical coherence elastogaphy (OCE) in men with suspected prostate cancer.

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 25 2015 Oncology , Urology

   

   Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy in men. Men suspected with PCa are then offered transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsies to confirm the diagnosis, which falls short of making a reliable differentiation between cancer and benign hyperplasia of the gland. Suspected cancerous lesions tend to be stiffer (or harder to feel) than benign tissue. Various elastography modalities such as Ultrasound elastography and MRI elastography are known to have poor spatial resolution, which limits their ability to differentiate small lesions and in identifying early and subtle changes. OCT is an optical imaging technique that enables high-resolution, cross-sectional ...

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   Mentions: University of Washington Ruikang K. Wang Chunhui Li

4. PhD Fellowship in Dental Optical Coherence Tomography in the Department of Odontology at the University of Copenhagen

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 22 2015 Dentistry , Jobs & Studentships

   

   Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship at the Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The candidate will work in the area of digital dental scanning with focus on optical coherence tomography (OCT). The position is for a 3-year period and will commence on 1 May 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. Project description The project is part of a research programme between Industry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. The objective of the project is to evaluate the clinical feasibility and reliability of OCT scanning ...

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   Mentions: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) University of Copenhagen

5. Research Associate / Research Fellow Microscope In A Needle at the University of Western Australia

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 22 2015 Probes , Jobs & Studentships

   

   The SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER ENGINEERING OPTICAL+BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 2 year appointment Salary range: Level A $63,332 - $85,942 p.a. or Level B $90,468 - $107,431 p.a. (dependent on qualifications and experience) Research & Development In Biomedical Photonics (Australia) The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight and ranked among the top 100 universities (88th in the world) with a broad and balanced coverage of disciplines in the arts, sciences and major professions. Could you build, maintain or deploy a state-of-the-art medical imaging instrument? Come join a ...

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   Mentions: University of Western Australia Robert A. McLaughlin

6. Bausch + Lomb Introduces New Software and Advanced OCT Imaging System for VICTUS® Femtosecond Laser Platform

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 20 2015 Ophthalmology , Other Business News

   

   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX and TSX: VRX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bausch + Lomb, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an advanced Swept Source OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) imaging system and updated software for its VICTUS ® Femtosecond Laser Platform that will provide surgeons with a new, redesigned interface. The intuitive interface is designed to allow faster, simpler customized treatment planning to help surgeons improve efficiency and patient-flow during surgical procedures. "With the availability of the advanced OCT imaging and software enhancements, surgeons can monitor treatments in real-time ...

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   Mentions: Bausch & Lomb FDA University of Miami

7. Feature Of The Week 01/18/15: An Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography-Gas Nozzle System for Surgical Laser Ablation Applications

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 18 2015

   

   Gas assisted laser machining of materials is a common practice in the manufacturing industry. Advantages in using gas assistance include reducing the likelihood of flare-ups in flammable materials and clearing away ablated material in the cutting path. Current surgical procedures and research do not take advantage of this and in the case for resecting osseous tissue, gas assisted ablation can help minimize charring and clear away debris from the surgical site. In the context of neurosurgery, the objective is to cut through osseous tissue without damaging the underlying neural structures. Different inert gas flow rates used in laser machining could ...

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   Mentions: University of Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Victor X. D. Yang

8. Post-doctoral Associate Position in Biophotonics / Biomedical Optical Imaging at Lehigh University

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 18 2015 Jobs & Studentships

   

   Position description: A full-time Postdoctoral Associate position in Biophotonics / Biomedical Optical Imaging is available at Lehigh University starting ASAP . The primary purpose of this position will be for a highly motivated individual to develop advanced optical imaging techniques for novel biomedical applications in vitro and/or in vivo . Compensation is commensurate with experience. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering / Bioengineering or related fields. Hands-on experience with optical coherence tomography (OCT), especial swept-source OCT, is preferred. Good publication record and communication skills. Strong programming skills (Matlab, Labview, C++ and GPU programming) are pluses. Research areas: The ...

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   Mentions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology James G. Fujimoto Lehigh University

9. Bioptigen Awarded $458,000 from North Carolina Biotechnology Center to Advance Intrasurgical OCT System Development

   Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 13 2015 Ophthalmology , Other Business News

   

   Bioptigen announced today that it has been awarded a Strategic Growth Loan from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center totaling $458,000 to support development of the company’s Intrasurgical OCT imaging system. Optical Coherence Tomography or ‘OCT’ is a form of highresolution imaging that has been compared to ultrasound imaging, though OCT uses light rather than sound to create the images. Bioptigen’s EnFocusTM Intrasurgical OCT system will provide 3D visualization simultaneous with and coregistered to images from surgical ophthalmic microscopes. Bioptigen is known globally for its FDA-cleared handheld OCT system for pediatric imaging, and for providing industry leading OCT ...

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   Mentions: Cleveland Clinic Eric L. Buckland Bioptigen

10. Feature Of The Week 01/11/15: Indiana University Demonstrates Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography at 1 MHz

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 11 2015 Ophthalmology

    

    Since its first report in 1991, OCT has undergone tremendous advances in almost all aspects of its underlying technologies and methods. For ophthalmic imaging, one of the most impactful advances has been the substantial improvement in image acquisition speed. Increased speed has enabled larger fields of view (FOV) of the retina to be imaged faster and with finer spatial and temporal sampling than ever before. These have greatly expanded the scientific and clinical utility of OCT and have opened new directions into imaging both structure and function of the retina. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel quad-spectrometer adaptive optics ...

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    Mentions: Donald T. Miller Indiana University Omer P. Kocaoglu

11. University of Memphis Receivers NIH Grant for Studying New Techniques for Measuring Volumetric Structural Changes in Glaucoma.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 10 2015 Ophthalmology , Funding

    

    University of Memphis Receivers at 2015 NIH Grant for $209,525 for Studying New Techniques for Measuring Volumetric Structural Changes in Glaucoma. The principal investigator is Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian. The program began in 2014 and ends in 2016. Below is a summary of the proposed work. This K99/R00 application supports additional research training in computational mathematics and computer vision which will enable Dr. Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian-the applicant, to become an independent multidisciplinary investigator in computational ophthalmology. Specifically, in the K99 training phase of this grant, Dr. Balasubramanian will train at UC San Diego under the direction of Linda Zangwill PhD, an ...

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    Mentions: National Institutes of Health Linda M. Zangwill

12. Duke University Receives NIH Grant for Developing Inoperative OCT Guidance of Intraocular Surgery.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 10 2015 Ophthalmology , Funding

    

    Duke University Receives an 2015 NIH Grant for $890,457 for Developing Inoperative OCT Guidance of Intraocular Surgery. The principal investigator is Joesph Izatt. The program began in 2013 and ends in 2016. Below is a summary of the proposed work. This Bioengineering Research Partnership proposal brings together a team of experts in ophthalmic imaging and surgery to advance the state of the art in image-guided surgical interventions. We seek to overcome limitations to the surgeon's current stereo microscopic view of ocular structures by bringing optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology, which is already well accepted in ophthalmic practice, into ...

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    Mentions: Joseph A. Izatt National Institutes of Health Duke University

13. University of North Carolina Receives NIH Grant for Quantitative Motility Phenotyping of Basal Breast Cancer in a 3D Microenvironment.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 10 2015 Oncology , Funding

    

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Received at 2015 NIH Grant for $142,199 for Quantitative Motility Phenotyping of Basal Breast Cancer in a 3D Microenvironment. The principal investigator is Amy Oldenburg. The program began in 2014 and ends in 2015. Below is as summary of the proposed work. With no available targeted therapies, basal-like breast cancers are particularly aggressive cancers with a poor prognosis. Basal-like breast cancers have unique stromal-epithelial interactions within their microenvironments. The availability of quantitative 3D tissue culture assays to measure the response of basal-like cell line models in their microenvironments may lead to new ...

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    Mentions: National Institutes of Health Amy L. Oldenburg University of North Carolina

14. University of Alabama Receives NIH Grant for Studying In Vivo Ultrastructure of Chorioretinal Disease.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 10 2015 Ophthalmology , Funding

    

    University of Alabama at Birmingham Receives a 2015 NIH Grant for $367,500 for Studying In Vivo Ultrastructure of Chorioretinal Disease. The principal investigator is Yuhua Zhang. The program begain in 2015 and ends in 2019. Below is a summary of the proposed work. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in more than 10 million older Americans. For decades, AMD has been characterized by accumulation of extracellular lesions called drusen on the inner surface of Bruch's membrane (BrM), posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), in a compartment called the sub-RPE space. Drusen are ...

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    Mentions: National Institutes of Health University of Alabama Yuhua Zhang

15. Post-Doctoral Research Associate Positions at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 5 2015 Jobs & Studentships

    

    The Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has immediate openings for two post-doctoral research associates in the area of Primary Care Imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Headed by Prof. Stephen Boppart, the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory is a dynamic and productive interdisciplinary research and training environment focused on developing novel optical biomedical imaging technologies, translating them into clinical applications, and driving them toward commercialization for improving healthcare. Successful candidates with a strong experimental research background in OCT hardware systems and software development are encouraged ...

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    Mentions: Stephen A. Boppart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

16. NIDEK launches Retina Scan Duo Optical Coherence Tomography

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 5 2015 Ophthalmology , Other Business News

    

    NIDEK CO., LTD., a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of ophthalmic, optometric, and lens edging equipment, is pleased to announce the launch of the Retina Scan Duo Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) with a high definition OCT and fundus camera in one compact system. The Retina Scan Duo is a combined OCT and fundus camera system that is a user friendly, versatile unit that provides high definition images and value added features. The NIDEK 3-D auto tracking, auto shot, and user friendly interface allow rapid and easy image capturing. Once alignment is completed, both the OCT and color ...

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17. Feature Of The Week 01/04/2015: Zhejiang University Investigates Ultrawide-Field SD-OCT for NDE of Large Glass Surfaces

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 2 2015 NDE/NDT

    

    Due to its merits of nondestruction and high-resolution, the use of OCT in material industry is increased recently. Besides profilometry of metal, monitoring of printed electronics, nondestructive inspection of glass is another important application. Material defects such as bubbles, impurities, and distortion affect the quality of glass. To realize quality control of glass, a technique for nondestructive inspection of glass is required. Given the large amount of glass productions, a large field-of-view (FOV) is necessary for the system to achieve high-speed inspection. However, as the required FOV becomes large, conventional OCT system always encounters the problem of image distortion because ...

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    Mentions: Zhihua Ding Zhejiang University Peng Li

18. Postdoctoral position in Photonics and Optoelectronics at Johns Hopkins University

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Jan 2 2015 Jobs & Studentships

    

    The Photonics and Optoelectronics Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University is seeking outstanding candidates for a post-doctoral position in OCT area. Candidates with strong experimental background in optical coherence tomography with image processing are preferred. Candidates should have strong foundation in optical engineering, imaging, and mathematical methods. In addition, candidates should be experienced in computer programming and instrumentations. Candidates must hold PhD degree by July 1 2014. The successful applicant will work on development and application of high resolution, ultrafast optical coherence tomography for various medical applications. Applications can be submitted electronically as a single PDF document to: jkang@jhu ...

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    Mentions: Johns Hopkins University Jin U. Kang

19. Baylor College of Medicine Receives a NIH Grant for Studying Biomechanics of Early Mammalian Cardiogenesis.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 23 2014 Developmental Biology , Funding

    

    Baylor College of Medicine Receives a 2014 NIH Grant for $33,801 for Studying Biomechanics of Early Mammalian Cardiogenesis. The principal investgator is Irina Larina. The program begain in 2013 and ends in 2018. Below is a summary of the proposed work.

    Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth defects and the leading cause of death in children born with congenital defects. Understanding how the early embryonic heart functions and what regulatory mechanisms are involved in early cardiogenesis is highly important for advancement of heart defects research. Biomechanical stimuli, including blood flow and heart contraction, are important regulators ...

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    Mentions: National Institutes of Health Baylor College of Medicine Irina V. Larina

20. Johns Hopkins University Receives NIH Grant for OCT-Guided Free-Hand Semi-Automated Microsurgical Tool for Enhanced Retinal Surgery.

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 23 2014 Funding , Probes

    

    Johns Hopkins University Receives a 2014 NIH Grant for $91,945 for OCT-Guided Free-Hand Semi-Automated Microsurgical Tool for Enhanced Retinal Surgery. The principal investigator is Jin U. Kang. The program began in 2011 and ends in 2016. Below is a summary of the proposed work. Contemporary retinal microsurgery is performed by skilled surgeons through operating microscopes, utilizing free hand techniques and manually operated precision micro-instruments. We have assembled an interdisciplinary team including a clinician scientist and vitreoretinal surgeon, an optical device scientist and a systems integrator to translate existing and developing technology in our laboratories into practical application. To this ...

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    Mentions: Johns Hopkins University National Institutes of Health Jin U. Kang

21. Happy Holiday's to OCT News Users!!

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 22 2014

    

    Happy Holiday's to OCT News Users!

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22. Research Engineer/Software Programmer Position at Doheny Eye Institute UCLA

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 20 2014 Jobs & Studentships

    

    GOAL: Develop graphical user interface (GUI) tools in Windows and web-based applications. RESEARCH LABORATORY: Doheny Image Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) at Doheny Eye Institute/University of California, Los Angeles PROJECT DESCRIPTION: We are a rapidly growing and interdisciplinary group to investigate new approaches for image segmentation, registration, visualization, and analysis in various multimodal ophthalmic images at Doheny Eye Institute, standing among the top recipients of medical research grants from the National Institutes of Health, which fund 80% of all vision research in America. We are particularly interested in the development of graphical user interface tools for Windows and web-based applications including ...

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    Mentions: National Institutes of Health UCLA Zhihong Hu

23. ARVO Imaging in the Eye Conference Denver Colorado, May 2, 2015

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 19 2014 Ophthalmology

    

    Join your colleagues for the ARVO Imaging Conference (formerly ISIE), Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Denver. This one-day conference takes place the day before the ARVO Annual Meeting. See more information by clicking HERE . The ARVO Imaging Conference is highly recommended by your peers as a valuable source of in-depth information on the newest techniques and technologies in imaging. “This conference pulls together all the various imaging modalities with all tissues and diseases. It provides not only an invaluable insight into new and state-of-the-art technology across the board, but it also introduces the participants into a bit of every exciting ...

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24. Case Western Reserve University Posdoctoral Fellow Positions Open

    Explore Optical Coherence Tomography News Dec 19 2014 Jobs & Studentships

    

    The Jenkins lab at Case Western Reserve University (Deparments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering) is looking for sharp, enthusiastic, well-trained individuals for postdoctoral fellow positions. Project opportunities include the development of optical pacing, optical inhibition (blocking action potential propagation), and optical imaging (e.g. OCT) technology for cardiovascular and neural applications. Applicants are expected to have earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering or a related field. Specific experience in building optical imaging systems or infrared stimulation is especially preferred, but the primary qualifications are outstanding technical proficiency and research skill. Successful applicants will be expected to work in an ...

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    Mentions: Case Western Reserve University Michael W. Jenkins