Dr James Fujimoto, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents this year’s Hounsfield Lecture on: “Biomedical Imaging and Optical Biopsy with Optical Coherence Tomography.”
In the chair: Sir Roy Anderson, Rector, Imperial College London
Vote of thanks: Professor Maggie Dallman, Principal, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Abstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging imaging modality which can generate high resolution, cross-sectional and three dimensional images of microstructure in biological systems. Imaging is performed by measuring the echo time delay of light backscattering in tissue. OCT can perform “optical biopsy” enabling the in situ, real time visualization of tissue pathology. OCT utilizes advances in photonics and fiber optics such as femtosecond broadband lasers, high speed wavelength swept lasers and line scan camera technologies. Three dimensional, volumetric imaging with extremely high voxel density is now possible, enabling microstructure and pathology to be visualized and rendered in a manner analogous to MR imaging. OCT is rapidly becoming a clinical standard in ophthalmology, where it can image retinal pathology with unprecedented resolutions. OCT is also being developed for other applications ranging from cancer detection in endoscopy, to intravascular imaging in cardiology. This presentation reviews OCT technology and its applications.
Biography: James G. Fujimoto obtained his bachelors, masters and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at M.I.T. since 1985. His research focuses on femtosecond optics and biomedical optical imaging. His group and collaborators were responsible for the development of optical coherence tomography. Dr. Fujimoto is a Fellow of the OSA, APS, and IEEE. He was co-recipient of the Rank Prize in Optoelectronics in 2002. Dr. Fujimoto is in the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He was co-founder of Advanced Ophthalmic Devices, the company that transferred OCT to Carl Zeiss for ophthalmic imaging and co-founder of LightLabs Imaging, a joint venture with Carl Zeiss for intravascular OCT imaging that was acquired by Goodman, Ltd. in 2002.
There will be a pre-lecture reception from 17.00 and a post-lecture reception from 19.00 in the foyer of the Sir Alexander Fleming Building
To register your place at this lecture please email: e.powell@imperial.ac.uk