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| Paris, France – September 25, 2007: As part of its ongoing commitment to expand the applications of adaptive optics in bioimaging, Imagine Optic will spearhead the MICADO (MICroscopy improved with ADaptive Optics) consortium that will unite France’s leading experts in the fields of neuroscience and | |||||
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cellular imaging to develop
new technology for detecting and treating neurological disorders.
MICADO is a 3-year project financed by the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR – France’s National Research Agency) that brings together Imagine Optic, Europe’s leading manufacturer of Shack-Hartmann wavefront analysis and adaptive optics products, with key researchers and institutions including: • Claude Boccara from the Ecole Supérieure de Physique de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) • Laurent Bourdieu and Jean-François Léger from the Neurobiology Laboratory at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) • Emmanuel Beaurepaire from the Laboratoire d’Optique et de Biosciences (LOB – Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences) The goal of the project is to go beyond the physical limitations of current techniques by developing new |
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technology that will improve the resolution of
OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)
and multiphoton microscopes (2-photon, third harmonic, etc.).
Augmenting the resolution of these devices will respond
to the urgent need to perform in vivo
deep-tissue imaging in domains including neurology,
developmental biology and biopsy.
When asked about the project’s potential, consortium partner Claude Boccara responded “The work we are undertaking will open new horizons in a wide variety of domains. For example, using adaptive optics to capture deep-tissue images of cellular bodies will one day enable doctors to perform optical biopsies that may help save lives by reducing the number of interventions necessary to treat pathologies, including certain cancers, as well as reducing the time from diagnosis to treatment.” Until recently, the active components used in adaptive optics lacked the necessary correction power (stroke) to be used for bioimaging. Imagine Optic’s adaptive optics technologies, including the mirao™ Part of the consortium’s work will be to develop an all-new wavefront sensor called an Optical Coherence Interferometer (OCI), complementary to Imagine Optic’s HASO™ wavefront sensor, that will be able to differentiate between the light reflected by the specified target and errant light reflected back that confuses other devices. When asked about the new technology that will result from this collaboration, Xavier Levecq, team leader at Imagine Optic, said “Certain technologies, including confocal scanning microscopes, are not suitable for in vivo deep-tissue imaging because sufficiently amplifying the imaging source inevitably causes damage to the specimen. Using adaptive optics to enhance OCT and multi-photon microscopes for subcellular deep-tissue bioimaging will enable us to dramatically improve image quality at depths of several hundred microns without damaging the living tissue.” Imagine Optic is currently working with leading research institutions around the world to develop new applications for adaptive optics in bioimaging. The company’s clients in this domain include the Sedat lab at the University of California at San Francisco, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Previous News:
Boston Micromachines and Imagine Optic Enhance Products For Wavefront Sensing and Correction, Jan 2007.
About Imagine Optic:
Founded in Orsay, France in 1996,
the company is Europe’s leading provider
of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technologies for adaptive optics,
quality control and optical measurement.
In 2005,
Imagine Optic
introduced the world’s first X-EUV wavefront sensor to respond
to customer needs in this synchrotron metrology and nanolithography and,
in 2007,
the company released a completely renewed version
of its award winning HASO sensor line as well as
adaptive optics and companion software packages.
It continues to be a leader in research and development with projects
currently underway in the domains of free space communications
and adaptive optics for high-power lasers.
Imagine Optic's clients are among the world’s top companies and include Sony, Nikon, Thomson, Zeiss, NASA, the U.S. Air Force, Essilor, Thales Alenia Space, EADS, the European Southern Observatory and the European Space Agency (ESA), amongst others. In 2006, Imagine Optic realized a turnover of €2,4M and currently employs 23 highly qualified professionals in a variety of domains. |
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