Optics in Clinical Practice III
Institute of Physics Optical Group

Time: Wednesday, 16th December, 2015
Location: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
Organisers: Professor Ioan Notingher, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, and Dr Nikola Krstajić, University of Edinburgh
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We invite you to join us for an exciting day discussing optics developments in clinical practice. We ensured we get the views directly from clinics and clinicians. The meeting is organised around 6 invited talks with two poster sessions interspersed.

Our invited speakers include:

Auto-fluorescence endoscopy for diagnosis of oesophageal cancers
Krish Ragunath, Professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy & Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

Raman micro-spectroscopy for intra-operative evaluation of resection margins during breast cancer surgery
Emad Rakha, Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant Pathologist, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

Medical applications of photo acoustic imaging.
Paul Beard, Professor of Biomedical Photoacoustics, Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London

Infrared microscopy for spectral histopathology
Catherine Kendall, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester

Development of multiphoton microscopes and endoscopes for clinical applications
Chris Dunsby, Senior Lecturer, Biophotonics, Department of Physics and the Division of Experimental Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London

 Optical non-invasive sensing technology for medical applications
Gin Jose, Professor of Functional Materials, Institute for Materials Research, School of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Leeds, Leeds

There is no fee for this meeting, however registration is required. Please email Ioan.Notingher@nottingham.ac.uk or N.Krstajic@ed.ac.uk in advance for registration and poster session abstracts.

Send us your poster abstracts. Topics include any clinical or medical applications of optics. Abstracts should be 250 words maximum. Poster size: 56 cm width × 86 cm height.

Deadline for registration and poster abstracts: Monday 30th November 2015