New Optical System Can Capture Images of Living Tissue
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2. Thomas Allen Disselkamp has more than 30 years of
experience in electrical and optical engineering. As
a product development specialist at 3M, Thomas
Disselkamp engineers new products for medical uses.
Tom Disselkamp contributes to the development of
sterilizers and diagnostic devices, among other
products.
Recently, scientists from the Institute of New Imaging
Technologies at the Universitat Jaume I and the
Department of Optics at the University of Valencia
have been working on an innovative device that can
capture images through “turbid media.”
3. The new technique can potentially help scientists
view deep layers of biological tissue and display
samples, including tumors and other abnormal
masses, while they are submerged in tissue.
Capable of constructing a sharp image, the
mechanism has overcome many of the challenges
associated with disseminating light through a
dynamic medium like living tissue. This research
represents an important development in the
biomedical field, as optical imaging technologies
offer medical professionals a non-invasive method of
viewing internal systems without the health risks
associated with ionizing radiation.