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SUMMARY:Xingde Li\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Low-coherence Biophotonics Imaging for the Brain\nAbstract \nThis talk will highlight our recent efforts in exploring the brain using low-coherence light. We will discuss two scenarios: intraoperative assessment of brain cancer infiltration in patients and real-time imaging of dynamic neural activities in freely behaving rodents. In the first scenario (clinical translation)\, we developed a color-coded quantitative optical coherence tomography (qOCT) technology\, providing neurosurgeons with direct visual cues for maximizing cancer resection while minimizing damage to healthy brain tissue. Our results from over 50 patients demonstrate excellent specificity and sensitivity (>95%). For the second scenario (basic research)\, we created the first all-fiber-optic\, head-mounted\, ultracompact (~2 mm diameter)\, and ultralight (
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/xindeli/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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SUMMARY:Lingyan Shi
DESCRIPTION:Multimodal Metabolic Nanoscopy for Studying Aging and Related Diseases\nAbstract  \nUnderstanding how metabolism functions in multicellular organisms is essential for revealing the fundamental mechanisms of numerous biological processes. Metabolism involves the creation\, transformation\, and breakdown of biomolecules\, acting according to genetic instructions. Traditional imaging techniques like MRI\, PET\, fluorescence\, and mass spectrometry come with limitations. In contrast\, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)\, a non-linear vibrational imaging microscopy technique\, offers chemically specific images with high resolution\, deep penetration\, and the ability to quantify. Our research has developed and combined deuterium-probed picosecond stimulated Raman scattering (DO SRS)\, multiphoton fluorescence (MPF)\, and second harmonic generation (SHG) into a unified nanoscopy. This tool is designed for studying metabolic changes in aging and diseases. The process of enzymatic incorporation of deuterium generates carbon-deuterium (C-D) bonds in newly formed molecules\, detectable by DO-SRS within the spectral cell silence region of the Raman spectrum\, which identifies them apart from older molecules.  \nOne significant finding is that lipid turnover decreases faster in aged female Drosophila compared to males. Additionally\, dietary restrictions\, downregulation of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway\, and AMPK activation significantly alter lipid metabolism in aged or Alzheimer’s-affected brains. The introduction of APoD and PRM algorithms has enhanced our current multimodal metabolic nanoscopy to deliver superresolution with hyperspectral volumetric imaging capabilities. By using deuterated molecules—including glucose\, amino acids\, fatty acids\, and water molecules—as bioorthogonal probes\, this technology provides insights into the metabolic heterogeneity of organs such as the brain\, adipose tissue\, liver\, muscle\, retina\, and kidneys.  \nBiography \nLingyan Shi is currently an Associate Professor in the Shu Chien Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at UCSD. She joined UCSD in 2019\, following her postdoctoral training in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University. Her lab at UCSD focuses on developing high-resolution metabolic nanoscopy to study aging processes and related diseases. Notably\, she discovered the “Golden Window” for deep tissue imaging and pioneered the “DO-SRS” metabolic imaging platform\, which visualizes metabolic dynamics in cells and tissues. At UC San Diego\, her group further advanced stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy into super-resolution multiplex nanoscopy by developing A-PoD and PRM algorithms\, revealing various lipid metabolic changes in organ tissues during aging and disease.  \nDr. Shi holds 10 awarded patents and 8 pending. She won Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists (2018)\, Nature Light Science & Applications’ Rising Star Award (2021)\, the Advancing Bioimaging Scialog Fellow Award 2023\, the David L. Williams Lecture Scholarship Award (2023)\, the Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry (2023)\, the BMES Cellular Molecular Bioengineering Rising Star Faculty Award (2024)\, the Davos Summit iCANx Young Scientist Award (2024)\, and Featured in the 2025 Global Woman in Optics notebook.  \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/lingyan-shi/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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SUMMARY:Shu Jia
DESCRIPTION:Toward High-Speed Light-Field Biophotonics\nAbstract  \nVisualizing the diverse anatomical and functional traits within the densely packed cellular space and over large heterogeneous populations unfolds critical details of the fundamentals of living organisms. In this talk\, I will present my laboratory’s recently developed advanced microscopy techniques for high-throughput extraction of molecular information in cells and tissues with ultrahigh-spatiotemporal resolution and accessibility. \nBiography \nDr. Shu Jia is an Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He received his BS at Tsinghua University\, Ph.D. with Professor Jason Fleischer at Princeton University\, and postdoctoral training with Professor Xiaowei Zhuang at Harvard University. Dr. Jia is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award\, DARPA Young Faculty Award and NIH MIRA Award among others. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/shu-jia/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241010T120000
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SUMMARY:Christine O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:Development of wearable laser speckle imaging devices for use at the point-of-care\nAbstract  \nWhile laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) was historically confined to bulky benchtop systems\, research teams have recently developed hand-held and wearable laser speckle systems. For these systems to be useful in a clinical setting\, hand-held devices must be lightweight and compact enough to easily lift and move around while wearable users must be able to function normally. This requires careful selection and characterization of camera and laser components; for untethered systems\, this requires small and inexpensive computation and battery modules\, and intentional hardware design. A wearable and wireless LSCI device that uses a two-lens design will be presented and point-of-care design considerations and tradeoffs will be discussed. \n  \nIn vitro and in vivo validation studies in phantoms\, swine\, and human subjects will demonstrate the sensitivity of the device to small blood flow changes and numerous physiologic applications for the technology will be discussed. Additionally\, a patient-specific normalization strategy that provides insights on severity of peripheral vasoconstriction and skin pigmentation correction will be presented. \nBiography \nChristine O’Brien is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis with a secondary appointment in the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Her research is focused on developing and translating non-invasive optical spectroscopy and imaging tools to solve global problems in maternal-fetal health. Dr. O’Brien obtained her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University and completed postdoctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine in the Department of Radiology. She launched her independent research program with projects focused on the development of novel wearable sensors for the early detection of postpartum hemorrhage and novel strategies for preterm birth detection and investigation. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/christine-obrien/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T110000
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SUMMARY:Eduardo Juárez\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Hyperspectral Image and Video Processing in Neurosurgery: the HELICoiD\, NEMESIS-3D-CM\, and STRATUM Research Projects \nAbstract  \nBrain tumor surgery is one of the most complex procedures that benefits from integrated digital diagnostics. Differentiating pathological tissue margins and interpreting multimodal data from a variety of independent devices are among the main challenges neurosurgeons face during brain tumor resections. In this seminar\, the main results of several European and Spanish research projects\, such as HELICoiD\, NEMESIS-3D-CM\, and STRATUM\, in which the Research Center on Software Technologies and Multimedia Systems (CITSEM) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has been involved\, will be reviewed. Over the past few years\, these projects have contributed to partially overcoming these challenges by developing solutions for brain surgery guidance and diagnostics based on multimodal data processing. Our long-term research goal is to increase the intraoperative diagnostic accuracy of brain tumor operations\, with the hope of eventually extending these results to support surgeries in other anatomical areas. \nBiography \nEduardo Juárez is currently an Associate Professor in the Telematics and Electronics Engineering Department at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)\, Spain\, and Vice-Director of the UPM Research Center on Software Technologies and Multimedia Systems (CITSEM)\, where he conducts his research. He holds a PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL\, 2003)\, Switzerland. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/eduardo-juarez-ph-d/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240627T120000
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SUMMARY:Alberto Martín-Pérez
DESCRIPTION:Advancing In-Vivo Human Brain Tissue Classification: A Multimodal Approach Integrating Machine Learning\, Hyperspectral Imaging and Depth Information\nAbstract  \nThis talk will present a novel approach to classify in vivo human brain tissue in real time using a multimodal imaging technique that integrates hyperspectral imaging and depth information in a recently developed system called Slim Brain. This system has been used during surgical procedures to collect a database of over 193 patients that is growing weekly. By applying sophisticated machine learning algorithms to the acquired information\, Slim Brain demonstrates the potential of combining advanced imaging modalities with computational techniques for precise and non-invasive assessment of brain tissue\, with implications for neurology and medical imaging. In addition\, a new acquisition system under development that combines hyperspectral imaging with spatial frequency domain imaging modulation will be presented as a new tool to improve brain tissue classification. \nBiography \nAlberto Martín-Pérez is a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Audivisual Engineering and Communication in the School of Telecommunications Systems and Engineering of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Presently\, he is pursuing a PhD at UPM with the Electronic and Microelectronic Design Group (GDEM) in the Research Center on Software Technologies and Multimedia Systems for Sustainability (CITSEM). His research pursuits center around the utilization of Machine Learning algorithms for the classification of in-vivo human brain tumors through hyperspectral imaging. Furthermore\, he aims to enhance classification methodologies through the application of spatial frequency domain imaging for his doctoral studies. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/alberto-martin-perez/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240614T120000
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SUMMARY:Kamran Avanaki\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Biomedical hyperspectral imaging of murine tumors in the preclinical environment\nAbstract \nIn this talk\, we explore the application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in skin imaging and various applications of photoacoustic imaging in brain imaging. For skin imaging\, we introduce a novel image analysis method to assess tissue health. This algorithm extracts optical radiomic signatures from OCT images\, providing detailed insights into tissue characteristics. In the realm of brain imaging\, we discuss the use of photoacoustic microscopy for vascular and functional imaging in small animals\, addressing significant neuroscientific questions. Additionally\, we highlight the application of photoacoustic tomography in large animal brain imaging\, emphasizing its potential translation to clinical settings. \nOne significant finding is that lipid turnover decreases faster in aged female Drosophila compared to males. Additionally\, dietary restrictions\, downregulation of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway\, and AMPK activation significantly alter lipid metabolism in aged or Alzheimer’s-affected brains. The introduction of APoD and PRM algorithms has enhanced our current multimodal metabolic nanoscopy to deliver superresolution with hyperspectral volumetric imaging capabilities. By using deuterated molecules—including glucose\, amino acids\, fatty acids\, and water molecules—as bioorthogonal probes\, this technology provides insights into the metabolic heterogeneity of organs such as the brain\, adipose tissue\, liver\, muscle\, retina\, and kidneys.  \nBiography \nTadej Dr. Kamran Avanaki is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Prior to this position he was an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Department at Wayne State University. His areas of expertise include\, design and development of photoacoustic imaging technology and optical coherence tomography for biomedical applications to solve critical problems in brain and skin imaging. He completed his postdoctoral-fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis in 2012 under Professor Lihong Wang\, a pioneer in photoacoustic technology. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Kent with outstanding postgraduate student honors where he was mentored by Professor Adrian Podoleanu\, the world’s leader in OCT instrumentation. As principal investigator\, he has received multiple research grants/ fellowships. He is credited with more than 120 published first-authored/senior-authored peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals such as\, PNAS\, Cancer Research\, IEEE Transaction of Medical Imaging\, Photoacoustics\, and Theragnostic. He currently serves as an associate editor of Biomedical Optics Express and Scientific Report. He has received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Engineering at Wayne State University\, in 2016\, 2017\, and 2019\, also the Research Excellence Award in 2019 as well as the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2019. He has also received the prestigious 2020 Wayne State University Academy of Scholar Award\, and most recently 2023 Rising Star Award and Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/kamran_avanaki_phd/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240606T130000
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SUMMARY:Tadej Tomanic\, MSc
DESCRIPTION:Biomedical hyperspectral imaging of murine tumors in the preclinical environment\nAbstract \nBiomedical hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an emerging non-invasive optical imaging technique that captures spatial and spectral information of the imaged biological tissue. In recent years\, HSI has been widely used to image human and animal tumors in the brain\, breast\, colon\, prostate\, and skin. This talk will cover the recent advancements in hyperspectral imaging for biomedical applications\, mainly skin\, in our lab at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics\, University of Ljubljana\, Ljubljana\, Slovenia. The talk will introduce the basics of HSI and various implementations\, followed by presenting tissue models and algorithms needed to extract tissue properties from hyperspectral images\, focusing on the inverse adding-doubling (IAD) algorithm and advanced machine learning (ML) techniques. Moreover\, the application of HSI to monitor the growth of different murine tumor models in the preclinical setting will be presented\, and the possibility of combining HSI with other optical techniques\, such as laser speckle contrast imaging\, will be demonstrated. Ultimately\, the capabilities of HSI for early detection of murine tumors will be exhibited. \n. \nOne significant finding is that lipid turnover decreases faster in aged female Drosophila compared to males. Additionally\, dietary restrictions\, downregulation of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway\, and AMPK activation significantly alter lipid metabolism in aged or Alzheimer’s-affected brains. The introduction of APoD and PRM algorithms has enhanced our current multimodal metabolic nanoscopy to deliver superresolution with hyperspectral volumetric imaging capabilities. By using deuterated molecules—including glucose\, amino acids\, fatty acids\, and water molecules—as bioorthogonal probes\, this technology provides insights into the metabolic heterogeneity of organs such as the brain\, adipose tissue\, liver\, muscle\, retina\, and kidneys.  \nBiography \nTadej Tomanic\, MSc\, is a young researcher and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics\, University of Ljubljana\, Ljubljana\, Slovenia. He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Physics and Medical Physics from the University of Ljubljana in 2017 and 2020\, respectively. As part of his Master’s research\, he collaborated with the Department of Neurology\, University Medical Centre Ljubljana\, to analyze brain FDG PET images of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. He also interned at Cosylab as a software engineer to work on developing a treatment planning system for patients with cancer treated with radiotherapy. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Physics at the University of Ljubljana under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Matija Milanic\, PhD. His research interests include early tumor detection\, monitoring\, treatment\, and tumor vasculature development in vivo. He develops and applies various optical imaging methods in preclinical and clinical environments\, focusing on hyperspectral imaging\, laser speckle contrast imaging\, optical coherence tomography\, and optical profilometry. He is expected to graduate by January 2025. \n \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/tadej_tomanic_msc/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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SUMMARY:Lei S. Li\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Advancing Photoacoustic Tomography: From benchtop wholebody imagers to wearable devices \nAbstract \nThis talk will cover the recent development of photoacoustic imaging technology\, including a benchtop imager\, termed single-impulse panoramic photoacoustic computed tomography (SIP-PACT)\, and its preclinical applications. SIP-PACT has also been scaled up for breast cancer diagnosis with improved sensitivity and specificity. In addition\, to shape the benchtop PACT systems toward portable and wearable devices with low cost without compromising the imaging performance\, we recently have developed photoacoustic topography through an ergodic relay\, a high-throughput imaging system with significantly reduced system size\, complexity\, and cost\, enabling wearable applications. As a rapidly evolving imaging technique\, photoacoustic imaging promises preclinical applications and clinical translation. \n  \nBiography \nDr. Lei Li is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at Rice University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology in 2019. He received his MS at Washington University in St. Louis in 2016. His research focuses on developing next-generation medical imaging technology for understanding the brain better\, diagnosing early-stage cancer\, and wearable monitoring of human vital signs. He was selected as a TED fellow in 2021 and a rising star in Engineering in Health by Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University (2021). He received the Charles and Ellen Wilts Prize from Caltech in 2020 and was selected as one of the Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review in 2019. He is also a two-time winner of the Seno Medical Best Paper Award granted by SPIE (2017 and 2020\, San Francisco). \n  \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/lei_s_-li_phd/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260513T161120
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SUMMARY:Inga Saknite\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Smartphone-based total body photography of patients with mpox in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo\nAbstract  \nMpox (associated with clade I monkeypox virus infection) is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and manifests with hundreds to thousands of total body lesions and an estimated case fatality ratio of 11% (17% in children). In October 2022\, the PALM007 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of the safety and efficacy of tecovirimat for mpox was launched at remote sites in the DRC. Time to lesion resolution is the primary study endpoint\, making frequent lesion count assessments a critical study measure. Given the typically very high burden of skin lesions\, daily counting poses considerable human resource challenges to clinicians and clinical research staff. \nWe have established smartphone-based protocols for standardized total body photography to document mpox lesion appearance\, evolution\, and resolution. We will share our experience setting up\, standardizing\, and overseeing photodocumentation of mpox in remote trial sites\, discussing technical\, educational\, and cultural considerations. This rich standardized dataset of clade I mpox images will enable the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed to automate mpox lesion counting in future studies. Further\, new optical technologies may be advanced in response to this clinical need. Smartphone-based photodocumentation coupled with AI image analysis has become a benchmark for evaluating the performance of novel optical technologies. The PALM007 trial is supported by the Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) of the DRC and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the US\, and funded by NCI Contract No.75N910D00024\, Task Order No.75N91020F00025. \nBiography \nDr. Inga Saknite is a Leading Researcher at the Biophotonics Laboratory\, the University of Latvia\, and an Adjoint Assistant Professor in Dermatology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville\, Tennessee\, the United States. Her main research interest is advancing noninvasive imaging technologies to quantitatively assess skin for clinical impact. Among other projects\, Dr. Saknite is currently leading photodocumentation of patients with mpox as part of a randomized controlled trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has multiple years of research experience in photographic\, hyperspectral\, and microscopic imaging of human skin\, standardized protocol and guideline development\, image processing and analysis\, and device and algorithm development. \nDr. Saknite received her PhD in physics from the University of Latvia in 2016. She was then awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to advance her translational research career at the Beckman Laser Institute of the University of California\, Irvine. From 2017 until 2021\, Dr. Saknite was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC.org)\, and was named the inaugural Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year in 2021. She has received several additional awards\, including the Abstract Achievement Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology and the best talk award at the Annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Symposium. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/inga-saknite-2/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T120000
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SUMMARY:Keiichiro Kagawa\, Ph.D. Eng.
DESCRIPTION:Enhancing SFDI’s functionality and performance with state-of-the-art CMOS image sensors\nAbstract  \nRecently\, new CMOS image sensors with high performance and functionalities such as near-infrared-enhanced global shutter\, multi-tap pixels for time-division-multiplexing (TDM) or time-resolved (TR) imaging\, and multi-aperture (MA) are emerging. At Shizuoka University\, TDM\, TR\, and MA CMOS image sensors are being developed for LiDAR and biomedical imaging applications. In my talk\, examples of SFDI systems with enhanced functionality and performance are shown. (1) multi-wavelength SFDI with suppression of ambient light bias and motion artifacts\, (2) fusion of SFDI and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) using scanned multiple lines\, (3) fusion of SFDI and time-resolved imaging. \nBiography \nKeiichiro Kagawa received the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Osaka University\, Osaka\, Japan\, in 2001. In 2001\, he joined Graduate School of Materials Science\, Nara Institute of\nScience and Technology as an Assistant Professor. In 2007\, he joined Graduate School of Information Science\, Osaka University as an Associate Professor. In 2011\, he joined Shizuoka University as an Associate Professor. Since 2020\, he has been a Professor with Shizuoka University\, Hamamatsu\, Japan. His research interests cover high-performance computational CMOS image sensors\, imaging systems\, and biomedical applications. \n  \nREGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM \n  \nClick here to register for in-person attendance (lunch will be served) \n 
URL:https://leadersinlight.com/event/keiichiro-kagawa/
LOCATION:BLI Library
CATEGORIES:2024 Hybrid Seminar Series,LAMP Seminar
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