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OCT scanner from Michelson Diagnostics receives FDA 510(k) clearance (Feb 1, 2010)

The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded its 510(k) clearance for Michelson Diagnostics’ (London, UK) VivoSight OCT scanning product. For clinical use, FDA 510(k) applies: “VivoSight is a Multi-Beam Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system indicated for use in the two-dimensional, cross-sectional, real-time imaging of external tissues to the human body.”

Nikon super resolution microscope incorporates SIM technology (Jan 29, 2010)

A super resolution microscope system from Nikon Instruments incorporates Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technology licensed from the University of California, San Francisco (USCF) Office of Technology Management. With the N-SIM microscopy system biologists and neuroscience researchers will be able to view microstructures and nanostructures of fixed and living cells (time resolution of 0.6 s/frame) with molecular-scale resolution.

Optical molecular imaging on track for $400 million in 2014, says Strategies Unlimited (Jan 25, 2010)

In vivo optical molecular imaging (OMI) is poised to move into clinical use as one of the key tools in personalized medicine, complementing more established imaging tools such as CT and MRI.

Nanolens improves imaging of nanoscale objects (Jan 21, 2010)

Using nanomaterials researchers from Northeastern University’s Electronic Materials Research Institute have manufactured a superlens that enables objects as small as a few nanometers in size to be seen clearly through the lens.

Soft tissue dental laser (Jan 21, 2010)

Designed to replace the use of scalpels and electro-surge in the treatment of soft tissue, the Picasso Lite soft tissue dental laser from AMD Lasers is priced at $2495 and offers 2.5 watts of power and three customizable presets.

Neuron-targeting light tools promise brain disorder treatment (Jan 6, 2010)
CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA--Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have demonstrated the ability to reversibly halt brain activity in specific neurons using different colors of light. The new tools they developed for this purpose portend new treatments for chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury, and Parkinson's disease. Read More >>

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Barbara G. Goode, Editor in Chief of BioOptics World, has spent more than 20 years writing about technology. She also writes and edits for Laser Focus World; and previously served as chief editor for Small Times and Sensors, where she covered various technologies for medical and other uses. The BioOptics Worldview blog aims to provide useful analysis of technical and market advances in lasers, optics, and imaging for the life sciences.

Researchers' holographic video technique has commercial competition

I was intrigued to learn about the technique developed by scientists at New York University to record 3D movies of microscopic systems, such as biological molecules, using holographic video. They describe the method, detailed in a recent Optics Express...

Mobius Photonics fiber laser speeds imaging for STED microscopy (Jan 27, 2010)

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Researchers' holographic video technique has commercial competition