Biomedical Optics & Imaging

Hybrid Microscopy Method Uses AI to Deliver Robust Images in Seconds

Photonics.com: Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) combined AI algorithms with light-field microscopy and light-sheet microscopy. The hybrid, AI-enhanced approach shortened the time needed for image processing — from days to seconds — and ensured that the resulting…

Mantis Shrimp-Inspired Camera to Detect Tumors During Surgery

Medgadget: Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a hexachromatic camera that can assist with tumor imaging during surgical removal. The device is inspired by the mantis shrimp which can perceive twelve colors, compared with just three colors…

Fluorescent Sensor Identifies Psychiatric Drugs

Photonics.com: A genetically encoded biosensor to detect hallucinogenic compounds could be used to aid in the discovery of treatments for mental illness, in neuroscience research, and to detect drugs of abuse. A team at the University of California, Davis (UC…

Micro-Aneurysm-On-A-Chip to Model Vascular Disease

Medgadget: An international research collaboration, including teams from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Brown University, and MIT, has developed an AI platform that can assess blood flow characteristics through microvasculature. The system relies on a microfluidic chip that mimics…