Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

07 April 2024 – 10 April 2024 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

Focuses on new developments and applications of optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Topics central to this meeting are novel OCT methods and technologies, imaging probes and systems, computational modeling, image processing algorithms, multimodal technologies and basic and translational applications.

Topic Categories
 

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

1. Novel Technology, Devices, Light Sources, Methods and Models  
   • Adaptive optics
   • High speed imaging
   • High resolution imaging
   • Long range imaging
   • Imaging and sensing probes (catheters, endoscopes, brain imaging probes, etc.)
2. Multi-Modality     
   • Integrated systems
   • Spectroscopy
   • Fluorescence, Raman, multiphoton imaging
   • Spectroscopy
   • Photoacoustics
   • Brillouin
   • Compact and microfabricated systems
3. Functional OCT     
   • Optoretinography
   • Dynamic cellular contrast
   • Elastography
   • Polarization
   • Speckle dynamics
   • Doppler
   • Phase sensitive
   • Spectroscopic
   • Contrast agents
4. Signal and Image Processing             
   • Despeckling
   • Segmentation
   • Machine learning approaches
   • Artificial intelligence
   • Automated tissue classification
   • Diagnostics
5. Low Cost, Miniaturized OCT Systems        
   • OCT applications in the developing world and low resource areas
   • Chip based OCT system components
   • Home (self-) diagnostic systems
6.  Pre-clinical and Clinical Applications      
   • Animal models
   • Ex-vivo and in-vitro biological tissue imaging
   • Human imaging
   • Surgical guidance
   • Diagnostic imaging

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Committee Members

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Plenary Speakers

Dr. Irina Larina

Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Dynamic OCT for In Vivo Investigation of the Fallopian Tube Physiology: Eggs, Sperm and Cilia

Sarah Bohndiek

University of Cambridge, UK
Harnessing the Power of Spectroscopy in Early Cancer Detection

Gerwin Puppels

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Raman Spectroscopy: Translation to the Clinic

Samuel Achilefu

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), USA

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Invited Speakers

• Anant Agrawal, FDA Ctr Devices & Radiological Health, United States
  Regulatory Science of Ophthalmic Adaptive Optics and OCT: Phantom and Biomarker Development at the FDA  
   
• Salvatore Azzollini, Sorbonne Université , France
  Combining Spectral Domain and Full Field Optical Coherence Tomography for Macro-to-Micro in Vitro Imaging  
   
• Jessica Gutierrez, University of Houston, United States
  Utilizing Optical Coherence Angiography to Assess the Acute and Persistent Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Brain Vasculature in Utero  
   
• Yali Jia, Oregon Health and Science University, United States
  Wide-Field and High-Resolution OCTA of Rodent Retinas  
   
• Karol Karnowski, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, Poland
  OCT-Based, Multi-Spot Assessment of Corneal Biomechanical Asymmetries - Clinical Results  
   
• Milana Kendrisic, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
   
• Marta Mikula-Zdankowska, Polska Akademia Nauk, Poland
  Tailored Noise-Suppressed STOC-T System for in Vivo Cellular-Level Imaging of the Human Retina  
   
• Tual Monfort, The Vision Institute Sorbonne University, France
  Advances in Dynamic Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography for In Vitro and Ex Vivo Imaging  
   
• Peter Munro, University College London, United Kingdom
   
• Vimal Pandiyan, University of Washington, 
  Assessment of Retinal Structure and Function in Healthy and Diseased Eyes Using Optoretinography  
   
• Fabian Placzek, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
  Clinical in-Vivo Validation of a Forward Viewing Endoscopic System Based on 3D Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Human Urinary Bladder Assessment  
   
• Hillel Price, Duke University, United States
  Dual Spectrometer Alignment, Optimization, and Phantom-Based Recalibration Towards Retinal Measurement via Balanced Detection Low-Cost Optical Coherence Tomography  
   
• Bingyao Tan, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), Singapore
  Optoretinography Reveals Comprehensive Nanoscopic Dynamics of the Outer Retina in Rodents  
   
• Benjamin Vakoc, Harvard Medical School, United States
   
• Julia Walther, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  Optical Coherence Tomography in the Oral Cavity  
   
• Hao Zhang, Northwestern University, United States
   
• Fernando Zvietcovich, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
  Advancing Customized Eye Care: Success Cases of Clinical Translation in Optical Coherence Elastography  

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 Industry Sessions
 

Biophotonics Industry Keynote Speaker: Julia Eng

Photonics in Like Sciences: Connecting Laboratories, Instruments and Consumers with Innovative Solutions

Julie Sheridan Eng was named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Coherent in 2022.  Prior to becoming CTO, Dr. Eng served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Coherent/II-VI’s Optoelectronic Devices and Modules Business Unit. Prior to joining II-VI through the II-VI acquisition of Finisar, Dr. Eng worked at Finisar, serving most recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Finisar’s 3D Sensing Business Unit, and prior to that, as Executive Vice President of Datacom Engineering.  Prior to joining Finisar, Dr. Eng was part of AT&T/Lucent/Agere, where she managed datacom transceivers.

Dr. Eng is a Past Chair of the IEEE Committee on Women in Engineering and presently serves on the Board of Directors of Optica. She holds a BA degree in Physics from Bryn Mawr College and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).  She earned MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. In 2022, she was elected Fellow of Optica for distinguished contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics.
 

Exploring the Landscape of Biophotonics: Trends, Challenges, Collaborations and Future Prospects
 

Moderator
Caroline Boudoux, CEO, Castor Optics; Professor, Polytechnique Montreal and Author

Panelists

• Michael Choma, Yale University
• Jessie Weber, Medical and Mid-infrared at Coractive
• Yasaman Soudagar, Co-Founder Neurescence Inc., Bruker Corp.
• Graham Dempsey, Quiver Bioscience
• Adam Wax, Duke University
   

Industry Networking Event

Presenters: 

• Caroline Boudoux, CEO, Castor Optics, Professor, Polytechnique Montreal, Author
  It Goes without Saying: Taking the Guesswork Out of Your PhD in Engineering
   
• Ty Olmstead, Florida Photonics Cluster, USA
  Exploring Florida's Biophotonics Ecosystem: Insights from the Florida Photonics Cluster
   

Optical Sensing and Imaging in Healthcare: Perspectives and Future Directions
 

Moderator: Kathy Beaudette, Industry Co-Chair, Castor Optics

Panelists:  

• Michael Choma, Professor, Yale University of Medicine, Theranova

• Jessie Weber, Coractive
   

Optical Imaging in Drug Development
 

Moderator: Ewa Zarnowska, Industry Co-Chair, Coherent Corp.

Panelists:

• Graham Dempsey, Founder and CSO, Quiver Bioscience
• Yasaman Soudagar, Co-Founder Neurescence Inc., Bruker Corp.

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 Industry Events

 

Women in Optics Reception

Saturday, 06 April 19:00 - 20:00

Lona Cocina

This informal networking event brings together women in biomedical optics — to meet other women in the field and discuss challenges and opportunities. All are welcome, regardless of gender. Please join Chairs Christine Hendon, Jonathan Liu and members of the Optica Biophotonics Congress committee, and meet others attending this cutting-edge congress. Share your ideas to help ensure our community and this meeting is as welcoming and inclusive as possible.
 

The Role of Standardization in Biophotonics

Sunday, 07 April 12:15 - 13:15

You’re invited to join the Optica Technical Groups for a panel discussion that will raise awareness and emphasize standardization’s role in accelerating biophotonics technology development. You will have the chance to hear thoughts from diverse stakeholders in academia, industry, standardization, and funding bodies on ways we can further standardize the field and push forward the development of biophotonics technologies.

RSVP here for this technical group event to let us know you will attend.

Moderator

• Katarzyna Komolibus, Senior Researcher in Biophotonics, Tyndall National Institute
• Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, Senior Staff Researcher, Team Leader, Tyndall National Institute

Speakers

• Sarah Bohndiek, Professor of Biomedical Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK
• Turgut Durduran, Professor and Group Leader of Medical Optics Groups at ICFO, Spain 
• Caroline Boudoux, Professor of Engineering Physics at Polytechnique Monéal, CEO, Co-Founder of Castor Optics, Canada 
• Jennifer Lynch, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 
• Tim Quang, Staff Scientist at the Section on Biomedical Optics at the National Institutes of Health, USA

Candid Conversations: Machine Learning for Biophotonic Applications with Kivanc Kose

Monday, 08 April 12:00 - 12:45

You are invited to join the Microscopy and OCT Technical Group for an informal discussion exploring the application of machine learning in biophotonics. The technical group has invited Dr. Kivanc Kose from the Optical Imaging Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, an expert in image processing, image analysis, computer vision, computational methods, and machine learning, to chat with attendees. Dr. Kose will briefly introduce the topic, and then we will open the floor to questions.

RSVP here to join us for this candid conversation.

Moderator:  Aditi Sahu, Senior Research Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA;NewYork

Speaker" Kivanc Kose, Senior Research Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA;NewYork
 

Congress Reception

Monday, 08 April 18:30 - 20:00

Join your peers for the congress reception. Due to high winds, the Congress Reception has moved to the Atlantic Ballroom Foyer.

Maternal Health Panel

Tuesday, 09 April 16:00 - 17:00

The panel will tackle the complex challenges in maternal health, with a primary focus on implementing technical strategies to decrease maternal mortality rates. It will scrutinize various factors influencing maternal health outcomes, such as socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and geography. Additionally, the panel will delve into how technology and innovation can improve access to maternal health services, especially for marginalized or remote communities. Our objective is to pinpoint effective strategies and champion actionable solutions to expedite progress in maternal health, thus safeguarding the well-being of mothers and their infants across diverse regions and populations.

Moderator
Jessica Ramella-Roman, Florida International University

Speakers

• Christine O’Brien, Washington University in St Louis
• Latisha Barfield, Florida International University

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