Biomedical optics light the way to long-awaited clinical translation

By Ken Tichauer

Reposted from The Optical Society Blog

For decades biomedical optics has been touted as an ideal tool for diagnosing, monitoring and/or treating a vast array of health conditions owing to low-cost instrumentation, use of non-ionizing radiation, and incomparable sensitivity. All great characteristics; nonetheless, adoptions of optical devices in the clinic have been few and far-between. One could blame regulations, the high cost of clinical trials, and provider inertia; but these hurdles would be behind us if the optical approaches on health and healthcare costs made more more significant impact. We’re not there yet.

But we should remain unabashedly optimistic about the future of biomedical optics. Why? Read the full article.

Posted: 29 January 2014 by Ken Tichauer | with 0 comments

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