The mission of Biophotonics and Optical Radiology Laboratory is to establish optical tomography as a viable biomedical imaging modality. To this end Prof. Hielscher's team is developing state-of-the-art imaging hardware and software that provide 3-dimensional distributions of physiologically relevant parameters in biomedical systems.
The laboratory is currently applying this emerging technology in
clinical and preclinical studies that focus on the diagnosis of
rheumatoid arthritis in finger joints, effects of cerebral ischemia and
stroke, and cancer diagnostics based on fluorescence and
bioluminescence molecular imaging. The work of the laboratory is
supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging
and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and
the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation
(NYSTAR).
