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    The laserfocusworld.com Bio & Life Sciences channel features articles and other content that discuss lasers, optics, and instrumentation for the life sciences.

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    FIGURE 1. In a conventional CT scanner, an x-ray source rotates around the patient. Indirect detectors provide the data from which a 3D image is generated.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Photon-counting detectors are poised to revolutionize computed tomography

    Roger Steadman
    Oct. 23, 2024
    For 50 years, computed tomography (CT) has been one of the most valuable diagnostic tools and, thanks to photon-counting detectors, the next revolution of computed tomography ...
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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Catalin Neacsu, TAU Systems

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 8, 2024
    Episode 20 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Catalin Neacsu, vice president of business development at TAU Systems.
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    The new minimally invasive screening approach needs just a single drop of blood to detect health conditions.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Infrared spectroscopy meets machine learning

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 4, 2024
    A minimally invasive screening approach that works with a single drop of blood could potentially revolutionize both reactive and preventative healthcare.
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    PODCAST: Interview with Caroline Boudoux, photonics virtuoso

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 24, 2024
    Episode 18 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Caroline Boudoux, Ph.D., a renowned leader in the photonics and optics industry.
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    The portable smartphone-based Raman spectrometer system is capable of detecting and analyzing chemicals and other materials in the field.
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    Smartphone-based Raman spectrometer is cost-effectively convenient

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 20, 2024
    From texting and navigation to banking and video streaming, smartphones are among the most multifaceted technologies ever developed. And now, chemical detection has joined its...
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    Test & Measurement

    Spectrometer features transmission grating-based design

    LFW Staff
    Sept. 26, 2024
    The EAGLE C-OCT-S is an athermal, compact spectrometer, suited for spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT).
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    Bio&Life Sciences

    Near-infrared light enables optical observation in microscopy

    Akira Saito
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Near-infrared (NIR) imaging can help mitigate the challenges of using visible light as an excitation source for biological research.
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    Software & Accessories

    Dual-cure epoxy meets ISO 10993-5 cytotoxicity standards

    LFW Staff
    Sept. 10, 2024
    Dual-cure UV15DC80-1Med epoxy uses UV light for initial fixation, followed by heat for complete polymerization.
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    FIGURE 1. Experimental setup: Second-harmonic generation (SHG); intrapulse difference frequency generation (IDFG); electro-optic sampling (EOS); λ/4 (quarter-wave plate); mid-infrared (MIR).
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    Dual-comb spectroscopy measures 240,000 spectral points in longwave infrared at video rate

    Dmitrii Konnov
    Sept. 9, 2024
    Spectrometry system obtains absorption spectra of gaseous molecules over a spectral range of 1.5 to 45 THz, with up to 240,000 spectral data points in a single measurement spanning...