Agenda
Ashley J. Welch Symposium on Biomedical Optics
University of Texas at Austin
ACES Building
January 28-29, 2008
Sunday January 27, 2008:
6:00 – 8:30PM Reception at Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Austin
Monday, January 28, 2008:
8:00 – 8:30AM Ken Diller and Garrett Polhamus Introduce
AJ Welch: 8:30-9:15
Coffee Break 9:15 – 9:45
Laser-Tissue Thermal Stimulation : 9:45 – 12:00
Co-Chairs: Duco Jansen and Steve Barrett
Invited talk: Stimulation of the Auditory System using Pulsed Laser Irradiation
Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., Agnella Izzo, Claus Peter-Richter and E. Duco Jansen
Detection of Neural Action Potentials using Optical Coherence Tomography
Thomas E. Milner
HSP70 in Thermal Pretreatment of Murine Cell Culture
Josh T. Beckham and E. Duco Jansen
Optimization of a Laser Preconditioning Protocol to Enhance Cutaneous Wound Healing Repair
Gerald J. Wilmink, Susan R. Opalenik, Lillian B. Nannay, Jeffrey M. Davidson and E. Duco Jansen
Laser-induced Protection in Myocardial Tissue
Massoud Motamedi
Lunch 12:00 – 2:00PM Tour of the new BME building
Emerging Optical-Based Therapies and Diagnostics : 2:00- 4:00
Co-Chairs: Massoud Motamedi and Bo Chen
Invited talk: Biomedical Optoacoustic Imaging and Therapy using Functionalized Nanoparticles
Martin Frenz
Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery and Plasmonic Nanoablation of Biological Materials and Miniaturized Probes
Adela Ben-Yakar
Molecular Specific Imaging of Cancer using Plasmonic Nanoparticles
Kostia Sokolov
Magnetomotive Imaging of Nanoparticles in Coronary Arteries
Junghwan Oh and Thomas E. Milner
Intravascular Photoacoustic Imaging
Bo Wang and Stanislav Emelianov
Student Session: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Panel: Career opportunities in biomedical engineering
Joanne Williams and Eric K Chan
Dinner: 6:30 – 8:30PM, Alumni Center – Connally Ballroom
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Laser Injuries and Therapies: 9:00 - Noon
Co-Chairs: Steve Barrett, Clarence Cain and Garrett Polhamus
Computer-assisted Retinal Laser Surgery System
Cameron H.G. Wright, Steven F. Barrett and Ashley J Welch
Successful Treatment of Psoriatic Plaque
Gennady Rubinstein and Zafiris Gourgouliatos
Low Cost Multi-use and Electro-Optic Devices for Clinical and Home Use: Doing More with Less
Joseph Neev
The Role of Acoustic Based Imaging in Laser Surgery
Jignesh Shah and Thomas E. Milner
Future USAF Concerns Regarding Thermal Injury
G.D. Polhamus, R.C. Constable and R. Thomas
Lunch: Noon -1:30
Tissue Optical Properties : 1:30 – 3:00PM
Co-Chairs: Gracie Vargas and Bernard Choi
The Role of Thermal Lensing in Near-infrared Retinal Damage
Rebecca Vincelette and Ashley J Welch
In vivo Oxygen Densing with Two-photon Microscopy
Arnold D Estrada and Andrew K Dunn
Skin and Cornea Damage Thresholds with Continuous Wave Laser Exposures in the Infrared Wavelength Range of 1 - 2 microns
Jeffrey W Oliver, Ginger Pocock, Semih Humru, Dave Stolarski, Gary Noojin, Harvey Hodnett, Michael Foltz, Kevin Stockton, Bo Chen, Raiyan Zaman, Rebecca Vincelette and Ashley J Welch
Optical Clearing of Tissue using Mechanical Pressure
Thomas E. Milner
Determining the Optical Properties of Turbid Media using an LUT-based Inverse Model
Narasimhan Rajaram and James W. Tunnell
Conclusion: 3:00-3:15 PM
Contributed Talks: 15-20 minutes.
Proceedings Length: 4 pages minimum for both contributions and invited talks.