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OmniVision Introduces OVM6946 Camera Module for Medical Applications

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OVM6946, its first wafer-level camera module for medical applications.

12 Aug 2016

Experts Discuss Contribution of Latest Optical Technologies to Field of 3D Medicine

Live 3D imaging is one of the hottest topics in optics today, transforming medical imaging capabilities and delivering the immersive experience behind augmented and virtual reality.

9 Aug 2016

Lock Family Eye Care Integrates Optical Coherence Tomography Machine with Patient Services

Optometrists are pleased to announce the integration of an optical coherence tomography machine with their patient services, reports Lock Family Eye Care.

8 Aug 2016

Fujifilm Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for FDR Visionary Suite, Releases FDR Clinica X-Ray Components

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions, today announced the 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the marketing of its most recent innovation in digital radiography—the FDR Visionary Suite and the simultaneous release of its FDR Clinica X-Ray Components.

4 Aug 2016

Optomap Technology Enhances Accuracy of Treatments in Prescott Valley Eye Care

Patients can receive a thorough exam that evaluates the back of the eye and can identify signs of serious eye diseases earlier than traditional means, reports Prescott Valley Eye Care.

25 Jul 2016

Teledyne Receives Contract to Fabricate, Test and Deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection Spectacles

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (TS&I), was awarded a $30.1 million contract by the United States Air Force to fabricate, test and deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection (ALEP) Block 2 spectacles.

25 Jul 2016

New Multi-Photon Microscope Captures 3D Images of Thick Living and Fixed Tissues

You can’t study what you can’t see. That is why the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Imaging Core is investing in a multi-photon microscope. The new device, which specializes in capturing 3-D images of thick living and fixed tissues, is to be installed at Penn Vet this summer and will enhance the bio-imaging infrastructure there and in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.

22 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop New Optical Fiber-Based Probe to Measure Brain Temperature

The brain is the most temperature-sensitive organ in the body. Even small deviations in brain temperature are capable of producing profound effects--including behavioral changes, cell toxicity, and neuronal cell death.

21 Jul 2016

Scientists Develop Powerful Ceramic-Based Laser for Use in Surgery, Composite Materials Industry

Scientists from MIPT and their colleagues have developed a novel compact and powerful ceramic-based laser - it will be used as a minimally traumatic and inexpensive laser scalpel for surgical operations, and also for cutting and engraving composite materials. The results of the study have been published in Optics Letters.

21 Jul 2016

Scientists Use New X-Ray Laser Experimental Station to Study Nature of Hemoglobin

A new X-ray laser experimental station at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently welcomed its first research group, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

18 Jul 2016