-
World's First Non-contact Respiratory Motion Monitoring System for X-ray and CT Imaging
Monitoring respiratory motion during diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy is crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment. However, respiratory motion is rarely monitored during these procedures due to the lack of practical,... -
Visualization of Chemical Phenomena in the Microscopic World Using Semiconductor Image Sensor
A research team led by Professor Kazuaki Sawada and Project Assistant Professor Hideo Doi of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a semiconductor... -
A look into the dark
How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen is helping to find answers to questions like this with a new technique. For the first time,... -
Unprecedented View of Black Hole in Action
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes, enormous amounts of energy are released, making active galactic nuclei, or AGN, one of the most... -
A new optical memory platform for super fast calculations
For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power computers and smartphones. But Moore’s Law is ending as physical limitations — such... -
Can Sea Sponge Biology Transform Imaging Technology?
Beneath the ocean’s surface, simple marine animals called sea sponges grow delicate glass skeletons that are as intricate as they are strong. These natural structures are made of a material called silica—also known... -
MIT Astronomers Use Shift and Stack Image Processing to Find Smallest Asteroids
The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That’s about as wide as Brooklyn. Such a massive impactor is predicted to hit Earth rarely, once every 100...
-
Ultrafast Laser Method Assists in Directing Light
Photonic technologies and applications often require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions such as in optical computing, fiber imaging, data transport and quantum technologies. To be useful, the shape and direction of light must be... -
Sub-50 Femtosecond Pulse Lasers for Gentler Multiphoton Microscopy
Finding the ideal ultra-fast laser source for a multiphoton imaging setup is not trivial. It is a fine balance between peak power, pulse energy and laser wavelength. In this white paper we discuss important laser parameters and the impact these... -
Optics Measure How Microplastics Hinder Light Flow in Our Oceans
Plastics have only been around since the 1950s and yet they’re everywhere: scattered in our lakes, rivers, floating on the top of oceans, and dropping to the bottom. Back in the 1950s and 60s, plastics were hailed as a useful invention, used... -
Terahertz Microscopy Explores New Material for Solar Cells
A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory gained insight into a possible alternative material for solar cells. The team, led by Jigang Wang, senior scientist from Ames Lab, developed a microscope that uses... -
Gaps noted in lung cancer diagnostics and treatment
Lung cancer is most common cancer in men and the 2nd most common cancer in women according to World Cancer Research Fund International. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death overall and among both men and women, according to the American... -
Advances in Optical Coherence Tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses light for cross sectional imaging and is most commonly used for medical diagnostics, but it also has uses in applications such as analyzing paint on automobiles, nondestructive testing, and more. The global... -
Brain Research Advances with Light-Based Technologies
Common methods of brain imaging present many challenges: some are invasive, others may contain harmful radiation, and many are difficult to use or require the patient to remain absolutely still throughout the process. Today researchers are...