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498SB - Special Topics in ECE: Biophotonics
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| 1. Research Paper | |
| Select a current biophotonics problem existing today | |
| Will require extensive library text and journal search | |
| Define problem with Professor Boppart | |
| Develop a possible solution and describe experimental methods to prove | |
| Prepare term paper (~25 pages) | |
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Present 20 minute
PowerPoint talk to class |
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| List of Potential Research Papers | |
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Focus tracking schemes 2.
Laser ablation of polymers for tissue engineering 3.
Point-spread-function engineering 4.
Supercontinuum generation and uses in biology 5.
Near-infrared dye development 6.
Targeting optical probes to cancer 7.
Microscope optical designs 8.
Activate-able optical probes 9.
Single-molecule imaging 10.
Optical tomographies 11.
Cell and organelle scattering 12.
Noise issues in lasers 13.
Histology staining techniques 14. Single cell to tissue scattering 15. Dispersion compensation in tissue |
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| 2. Laboratory Project | |
| Define a short-term lab-based biophotonics project | |
| Assemble set-up and collect experimental data | |
| Submit lab notebook with experimental approach and data | |
| Present 20 minute PowerPoint talk to class | |
| List of Potential Research Papers | |
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1.
Set-up and align a titanium:sapphire laser 2. Characterize ultrashort pulses using a FROG 3.
Investigate image visualization methods (color-scales) 4.
Determine absorption/scattering properties of tissues 5.
Construct and measure tissue phantoms 6.
Construct a microscope imaging and scanning system 7.
Perform laser ablation studies 8.
Image autofluorescence from skin 9.
Construct a goniometer for optical properties measurements 10.
Develop an acousto-optic beam scanning system 11.
Measure birefringent properties of tissue 12.
Investigate selective histological staining of tissue 13.
Generate supercontinuum from fibers 14. Program 3-D microscope stage scanning code 15. Construct miniature imaging fibers for catheters |
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