Adaptive optics imaging, ocular coherence tomography, geometric and clinical optics and advanced microscopy are areas within biomedical optics that are being studied at the UAB School of Optometry. In ...

Award recognizes innovation in biophotonics. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- 3 December 2010 -- SPIE has announced the establishment of a new award for biomedical optics honoring researcher Britton ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—The Optical Society (OSA) today announced it is launching a new peer-reviewed journal focusing on biomedical optics and photonics. Biomedical ...

Light, as an electromagnetic wave, possesses several fundamental properties, which include intensity, wavelength, phase and polarisation (the direction in which the light waves oscillate). While the ...

Edmund Optics has selected the winners of its annual research and innovation competition, with biomedical projects including cancer diagnostics and new forms of optical biopsies featuring prominently ...

Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. announced its collaboration on a new photonic biosensing technology that aims to revolutionize drug discovery and testing. By providing optical manufacturing support, ...

The BRIGHT project has brought optical brain imaging to children in Africa for the first time. You might think it would be a tough gig to hold a scientific session at 7 p.m. on a Saturday night ...

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have used a noninvasive light-based imaging technology to literally see inside the living brain, providing a new tool to study how diseases like ...

More than 4 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that can damage the optic nerve and lead to vision loss. It's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide and there's ...