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Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics

Clinical and Translational Biophotonics
Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics
Optical Coherence Tomography
Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy
Optics and the Brain

Clinical and Translational Biophotonics

  • Radu Boitor, University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
     
  • Frederic Leblond, Polytechnique MontréalCanada
    Macroscopic Inelastic Scattering Imaging Techniques for Intraoperative Margins Assessment in Surgical Oncology  
  • Srivalleesha Mallidi, Tufts UniversityUnited States
     
  • Laura Marcu, University of California DavisUnited States
    Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Robotic Surgery  
  • Christine O'Brien, Washington University in St LouisUnited States
     
  • Aydogan Ozcan, University of California Los AngelesUnited States
     
  • Ashwin Parthasarathy, University of South FloridaUnited States
     
  • Susanna Tagliabue, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies FotoniquesSpain
    Hybrid Diffuse Optical Monitoring Based Study of Cerebral Autoregulation Indices in Hyperventilation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Management  
  • Paola Taroni, Politecnico di MilanoItaly
     
  • Pablo Valdes, UTMB HealthUnited States
    Lighting Up the Brain: Neurosurgical Technologies for Imaging Brain Structure and Function  
  • Caigang Zhu, University of KentuckyUnited States
     

Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics

  • Ahmed Abdulkadir, Zhaw UniversitySwitzerland
    Integration of AI in Clinical Practice: Trustworthy Automation in Disease Marker Quantification  
  • Seham Ebrahim, University of VirginiaUnited States
     
  • Rekha Gautam, Tyndall National InstituteIreland
    Characterization of Subsurface Molecular Changes in Bone through Raman Spectroscopy  
  • Ki Hean Kim, Pohang Univ of Science & TechnologyRepublic Of Korea
    Optical Microscopy for Non-Invasive Examination of Conjunctival Goblet Cells in Human  
  • Tyson Kim, University of California San FranciscoUnited States
    Transscleral Multiphoton Imaging, Flowmetry, and Laser Therapy  
  • Salvatore La Cavera III, University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
    Listening for Cancer at the Sub-Cellular Level with GHz-Ultrasound  
  • Charles Lin, Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States
    In Vivo Flow Cytometry: From Bench to Bedside  
  • Jonas Ogien, Damae MedicalFrance
    Line-Field Confocal OCT (LC-OCT) for Skin Imaging and Characterization: Technology Overview, Clinical Advances and Future Developments  
  • Suzanne Ponik, University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States
    Visualizing Dynamic Interactions Within the Tumor Microenvironment Using Label-Free Intravital Imaging  
  • Aditi Sahu, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States
    Insights from Peering into the Tumor Microenvironment  
  • Aggrey Semeere, Infectious Diseases InstituteUganda
    'Leap-Frogging' Sub-Saharan Africa's Cancer Diagnosis Challenges with Innovation  
  • Filiz Yesilkoy, University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States
     
  • Sixian You, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
    Real-Time Label-Free 3D Histopathology Driven by Optics and AI-Assisted Nonlinear Microscopy  
  • Guoan Zheng, University of ConnecticutUnited States
     

Optical Coherence Tomography

  • Anant Agrawal, FDA Ctr Devices & Radiological HealthUnited States
    Regulatory Science of Ophthalmic Adaptive Optics and OCT: Phantom and Biomarker Development at the FDA  
  • Salvatore Azzollini, Sorbonne Université France
    Combining Spectral Domain and Full Field Optical Coherence Tomography for Macro-to-Micro in Vitro Imaging  
  • Jessica Gutierrez, University of HoustonUnited States
    Utilizing Optical Coherence Angiography to Assess the Acute and Persistent Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Brain Vasculature in Utero  
  • Yali Jia, Oregon Health and Science UniversityUnited States
    Wide-Field and High-Resolution OCTA of Rodent Retinas  
  • Karol Karnowski, Uniwersytet Mikolaja KopernikaPoland
    OCT-Based, Multi-Spot Assessment of Corneal Biomechanical Asymmetries - Clinical Results  
  • Milana Kendrisic, Medizinische Universität WienAustria
     
  • Marta Mikula-Zdankowska, Polska Akademia NaukPoland
    Tailored Noise-Suppressed STOC-T System for in Vivo Cellular-Level Imaging of the Human Retina  
  • Tual Monfort, The Vision Institute Sorbonne UniversityFrance
    Advances in Dynamic Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography for In Vitro and Ex Vivo Imaging  
  • Peter Munro, University College LondonUnited Kingdom
     
  • Vimal Pandiyan, University of Washington
    Assessment of Retinal Structure and Function in Healthy and Diseased Eyes Using Optoretinography  
  • Fabian Placzek, Medizinische Universität WienAustria
    Clinical in-Vivo Validation of a Forward Viewing Endoscopic System Based on 3D Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Human Urinary Bladder Assessment  
  • Hillel Price, Duke UniversityUnited States
    Dual Spectrometer Alignment, Optimization, and Phantom-Based Recalibration Towards Retinal Measurement via Balanced Detection Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography  
  • Bingyao Tan, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)Singapore
    Optoretinography Reveals Comprehensive Nanoscopic Dynamics of the Outer Retina in Rodents  
  • Benjamin Vakoc, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States
     
  • Julia Walther, Technische Universität DresdenGermany
    Optical Coherence Tomography in the Oral Cavity  
  • Hao Zhang, Northwestern UniversityUnited States
     
  • Fernando Zvietcovich, Pontifica Universidad Católica del PerúPeru
    Advancing Customized Eye Care: Success Cases of Clinical Translation in Optical Coherence Elastography  

Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy

  • Bernard Choi, University of California IrvineUnited States
     
  • Turgut Durduran, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies FotoniquesSpain
     
  • Rongkang Gao, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
    New Algorithm Strategies in Structural and Functional Photoacoustic Computational Tomography  
  • Christa Haase, Northeastern UniversityUnited States
     
  • Jeesu Kim, Pusan National UniversityRepublic Of Korea
     
  • Anand Kumar, Harvard UniversityUnited States
     
  • Amaan Mazhar, ModulimUnited States
     
  • Isha Munjal, Indian Institute of ScienceIndia
    Spatial Impulse Response of Ultrasound Transducer Correction Using Deep Learning in Photoacoustic Tomography  
  • Hee-Kyung Na, Korea Research Inst of Standards & SciRepublic Of Korea
     
  • Yumie Ono, Meiji UniversityJapan
     
  • Byullee Park, Sungkyunkwan UniversityRepublic Of Korea
     
  • Vivek Srinivasan, New York UniversityUnited States
     
  • Robert Warren, Hamamatsu Ventures USAUnited States
     
  • Kuan Cheng Wu, Boston UniversityUnited States
     
  • Junjie Yao, Duke UniversityUnited States
     

Optics and the Brain

  • Erin Buckley, Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States
    Illuminating Biomarkers of Stroke with Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies  
  • Martin Caldarola, Single Quantum B.V.Netherlands
    Deep Two-Photon Imaging of the Live Mouse Brain Using an Array of Quantum Detectors  
  • Nicole Chernavsky, Cornell UniversityUnited States
    Label-Free Tracking of Myelin Dynamics in Subcortical White Matter of a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis using Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy  
  • Adam Cohen, Harvard UniversityUnited States
    Voltage Imaging  
  • Rob Cooper, CoMindUnited Kingdom
    CoMind One: Interferometric Optical Sensing for Multi-Parameter Clinical Neuromonitoring  
  • Adam Eggebrecht, Washington University in St LouisUnited States
    From Proofs-of-Principle to Multi-Site Studies: Tools for Collaborative Optical Human Brain Mapping  
  • Yannick Goulam Houssen, Hearing InstituteFrance
    Towards two-Photon all-Optical Electrophysiology With Acousto-Optic Scanning  
  • Luke Lavis, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited States
    Designing Brighter Dyes for Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy and Beyond  
  • Jennifer Lynch, Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States
    Clinical Translation, Disease States  
  • Tobias Noebauer, Rockefeller UniversityUnited States
    Multiscale Computational Neuronal Imaging  
  • Eirini Papagiakoumou, Institut De La Vision ParisFrance
    Scanless Two-Photon Voltage Imaging  
  • Eric Schreiter, Janelia Research CampusUnited States
    Chemigenetic Fluorescent Biosensors  
  • Spencer Smith, University of California Santa BarbaraUnited States
    Rapid Large-Scale Multiphoton Measurement and Manipulation of Neuronal Activity  
  • Lin Tian, Max Planck Florida Inst for NeuroscienceUnited States
    Imaging Dynamics of Neurotransmitters with Genetically Encoded Indicators  
  • Damian Wallace, Dept. Behaviour Brain Organization MPINBGermany
    Naturalistic Brain Imaging  
  • Jimin Wu, Rice UniversityUnited States
    Bio-FlatScopeNHP: a Miniaturized Lensless Microscope for Mesoscopic Calcium Imaging in Head-Unrestrained Non-Human Primates  
  • Chris Xu, Cornell UniversityUnited States
    Pushing the Limits of Multiphoton Imaging in Living Brains  
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