• Laserlab-Europe Talk: Next Generation imaging and image-guided diagnosis and therapy for cancer

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    Time domain multiwavelength diffuse optics in breast cancer management - Theranostics with photoacoustic tomography and photosensitisers - Multimodal photoacoustic imaging of tumor angiogenesis We are pleased to announce the Laserlab-Europe Talks: Next Generation imaging and image-guided diagnosis and therapy for cancer Speakers: Paola Taroni (CUSBO): Time domain multiwavelength diffuse optics in breast cancer management Luis […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: Adapting to an emerging pandemic to find a role for medical optics in COVID-19 patients and more

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    Speaker: Turgut Durduran (ICFO, Spain) When COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns started, we sought to evaluate whether our technologies for evaluating tissue oxygen metabolism and hermodynamics with photonics could be helpful. A sequence of coincidences, bright postdocoral fellows and an overworked intensive care physician with an amazing insight into the needs came together for us to embark […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: Laser microscopy for the study of infectious disease

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    Speaker: Dave Clarke (CLF, UK) Infectious diseases of humans, animals, and plants have very significant societal and economic impacts. The COVID-19 pandemic is an obvious example, and another major threat is the increasing problem of antimicrobial resistance. Climate change is bringing increasing pressure on crops, making them more susceptible to diseases, with potentially serious consequences […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: RGB lasers in dermatology and endoscopy

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    Speaker: Janis Spigulis (University of Latvia)RGB lasers that emit simultaneously three spectral lines (red, green and blue) are gaining increased applications, mainly related to color projections and color TV. Thanks to the collimated output beam, RGB laser radiation can be efficiently launched in optical fibers which open new application prospects, including uniform three laser line […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: Scientific fundamentals and practice of Photoacoustic Tomography

    Speaker: Fábio A. Schaberle (CLL, Portugal) Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is based on the absorption of light by endogenous or exogenous molecules – organic or inorganic – and the subsequent generation of acoustic waves resulting of the rapid deposition of heat upon deactivation of the excited electronic states of these molecules. In practice, PAT is used […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: Laser illumination in classical and super-resolution multicolor microscopy

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    Speaker: Adrien Mau (Abbelight, France)  Microscopy is the art of observation of the infinitely small. However, one cannot observe an object without collecting light from it, and thus first sending light at it. We will present how laser illumination coupled to smart optomechanical devices improved the traditional sample illumination methods. Notably, our company Abbelight has […]

  • Laserlab-Europe Talk: Next generation time-domain diffuse optics using superconducting nanowire detectors

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    Speaker: Lisa Kobayashi (ICFO, Spain) Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is an established diffuse optical method which non-invasively measures regional, microvascular blood flow from laser speckles.  Although the utility of DCS has been demonstrated in clinical trials relating to a variety of clinical conditions, limited signal to noise have restricted the use of DCS to measure, […]