The Biophotonics Research Unit's goals are to pioneer the field of novel optical diagnostics within the clinical environment. We lead research into vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and FT-IR), diagnostics for in vivo and in vitro discrimination of early cancers, degenerative diseases and local and systemic disease studies in body fluids
Other work by the group
- mid-IR hyperspectral imaging of tissues for pathological diagnostics and biochemical analysis
- optical coherence tomography for real-time surgical targeting of disease and biopsy selection
- photodynamic therapy for early cancers and dysplasia
- volatile analysis techniques for detection of infections.
Laser Safety Course
A laser safety course covering the MHRA Core of Knowledge is run twice a year (normally in May and November).
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