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Michael Sowa
Phone: 204-984-5193
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Email: Michael.Sowa@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Medical photonics
NRC-IBD’s Medical Photonics Program develops optical methods such as infrared (IR), near-infrared (NIR), Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging for use in diagnosing such problems as cardiovascular disease and oral health.
Driven by a rapidly aging population in developed countries and anticipated growth in emerging markets, the medical technology market is expected to undergo substantial expansion worldwide. Technologies that reduce or eliminate hospital stays, diagnose early stage disease non- or minimally-invasively, and allow for intervention or improved treatment will be in particular demand. As a result, the Medical Photonics program will utilize its core competencies to develop medical technologies that meet these requirements.
The program collaborates with clinicians and promotes the transfer of the optical technologies developed by the program for potential commercialization
Medical Photonics Projects
- Bioluminescence Imaging
- Burn Injuries
- Cardiac Risk Profile
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cells and Tissues
- Clinical Diagnostics
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Diagnostic Technologies
- Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
- Diffusion and Flow Profiling
- Fetal Lung Maturity
- Fluorescence Imaging
- Frequency Modulated Spectroscopy
- High Throughput Diagnostics
- in vivo Diagnostics
- in vivo Spectroscopy-Absorption
- in vivo Spectroscopy-Tissue Scattering
- Intestinal Ischemia
- Kidney Disease
- Microfluidics
- Molecular Imaging - Spectroscopy
- MRI Studies
- Nonlinear Optical Microscopic Imaging
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Oral/Dental Health
- Periodontitis
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Point-of-Care Metabolic Fingerprinting
- Pressure Ulcers
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Reagent-free Biofluid Analysis
- Serum and Whole Blood Analysis
- Skin Flaps
- Speckle Imaging
- Stroke - Optical Spectroscopy
- Thermal Imaging
- Tissue Viability
- Urine Analysis
- Vascular Disease
- Stroke - MRI
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- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- IT-Based Decision Technology
- MR Research and Technology Development
- Neuroscience
