Located in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, directed by Professor Stephen Boppart, is dedicated to the development of optical biomedical imaging techniques.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the core technology used within the lab. OCT is promising for the early detection and diagnosis of various pathologies and can also be used in many types of biological research.