SPIE Names 2024 Prism Award Winners
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, recognized the top innovations in new optics and photonics products at the 2024 Prism Awards held at Photonics West on Jan. 31. The gala event marked the Prism Awards’ 16th anniversary.
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Optical-Plasmonic SERS Platform Clocks Molecular Systems
An optical plasmonic tweezer-controlled surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy platform developed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology enables efficient, high-throughput, single-molecule characterization in solution. It has the potential to uncover hidden molecular mechanisms that can affect the health of people living with type 2 diabetes.
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Retinal OCT and Genetics Identify Links Between Ocular and Systemic Health
A study conducted by Mass Eye and Ear, the Broad Institute at MIT, and Harvard Medical School has demonstrated links between the thinning of different retinal layers and an increased risk of disease. The work used OCT retinal images and genetic data from thousands of UK Biobank participants and could serve to advance the use of OCT to predict ocular disease and inspire further research on disease prediction beyond the eye.
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What is the Role of Vibrational Spectroscopy in Surgery and Diagnostics?
Wed, Mar 13, 2024 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Vibrational spectroscopy techniques are used for a wide range of materials characterization applications that require detailed molecular fingerprinting and quantification of molecular species based on the detection of specific vibrational bonds. In this talk, Frederic Leblond describes how the integration of technologies that rely on spontaneous Raman spectroscopy signal detection can complement current medical practice for surgical guidance, in situ diagnostics, and disease detection in biofluids. He presents case studies in infectious disease detection, neurosurgical oncology, breast-conserving surgery, bronchoscopy, prostate cancer diagnostics, and orthopedic surgery. He also addresses aspects relating to clinical translation, commercialization challenges, and regulatory strategies. Finally, he presents a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis as it is related to the clinical deployment of vibrational spectroscopy techniques.
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Features
Laser Speckle Imaging, Raman Spectroscopy, Confocal Microscopy, and Fiber-based Endoscopy
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazine BioPhotonics. Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Senior Editor Doug Farmer at [email protected], or use our online submission form www.photonics.com/submitfeature.aspx.
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