Announcements
Upcoming Events
January, 2025 - SPIE Photonics West 2025
Rasa Eskandari, Natalie Li, Farah Kamar, Saeed Samaei, Sophie Niculescu, and Eileen Oh will present their work at the upcoming SPIE Photonics West 2025 conference, which will be hosted in San Francisco, CA, United States. Conference program and registration information can be found here.
- Rasa's presentation: Optical biomarkers for sepsis-related microcirculatory impairment
- Natalie's presentation: Compressive illumination architecture for hyperspectral time-resolved near-infrared tissue spectroscopy
- Farah's presentation: Reproducibility of a hybrid time-resolved NIRS/DCS system: towards daily cerebral metabolism monitoring in the ICU
- Saeed's presentation: Cost-effective neonatal cerebral oximeter for low-resource settings
- Sophie's presentation: Effects of epidermal pigmentation on the accuracy of hyperspectral versus commercial near-infrared spectroscopy tissue oximeters
- Eileen's presentation: Absorption properties of chromophores and light scatterers in tissue-mimicking phantoms
Past Events
December, 2024 - Early Sepsis Detection
Our latest publication on the development of a non-invasive, point-of-care tool for early detection of microvascular dysfunction in sepsis was featured in Wiley's Research Headlines and several news outlets:
October, 2024 - Halloween
Our team celebrated halloween dressed as the characters of Inside Out 2. We also had an fNIRS themed pumpkin!
October, 2024 - Quantum Biosensor
Our Quantum Biophotonics project was featured in the stories of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). This project leverages technologies previously developed for quantum communication and other quantum physics applications to develop a state-of-the-art bedisde neuromonitoring device. This research is a three-party collaboration between our lab (Dr. Mamadou Diop and Natalie Li), Dr. Duncan England (NRC), and Thomas Jennewein (U. Waterloo).
October, 2024 - Cerebrovascular Research Network 2024
Farah Kamar presented her work at the 2024 annual meeting of the Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet 2024), which was hosted at Université Laval in Québec City, QC, Canada.
- Farah's presentation: Hybrid optical system for non-invasive monitoring of dynamic cerebral blood flow and metabolism
September, 2024 - fNIRS 2024
Rasa Eskandari, Farah Kamar, Saeed Samaei, and Natalie Li presented their work at the fNIRS 2024 conference, which was hosted at the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- Rasa's presentation: Early Detection of Sepsis-Related Microvascular Dysfunction with NIRS
- Farah's presentation: Assessing the Reproducibility of a Hybrid Time-Resolved NIRS/DCS System for Daily Hemodynamic ICU Monitoring
- Saeed's presentation: Wearable Wireless NIRS Module for Resource-Constrained Settings
- Natalie's presentation: Hyperspectral Time-Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy Technique for Adult Neuromonitoring
August, 2024 - 2024 Faculty of Engineering Summer Research Symposium
Sophie Niculescu and Redwan Haque presented their recent work at the 2024 Faculty of Engineering Summer Research Symposium, which was hosted at Western University in London, ON, Canada. Sophie was awarded 3rd place for her poster presentation.
- Sophie's presentation: Effects of Epidermal Pigmentation on the Accuracy of Hyperspectral vs Commercial Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Tissue Oximeters
- Redwan's presentation: Minimum Spectral Resolution for Hyperspectral Continuous-Wave Near-infrared Tissue Spectroscopy
August, 2024 - 2024 Clinician Scientist Trainee Symposium
Rasa Eskandari and Farah Kamar participated in the three-minute thesis (3MT) competition at the Clinician Scientist Trainee Symposium, which was hosted at Western University in London, ON, Canada. Rasa was awarded the best overall 3MT presentation.
- Rasa's presentation: A frugal light-based approach for early sepsis detection
- Farah's presentation: Can optics enlighten the path to early brain injury?
May, 2024 - 2024 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress
Rasa Eskandari, Farah Kamar, Saeed Samaei, Sophie Niculescu, and Redwan Haque presented their recent work at 2024 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, which was hosted in London, ON, Canada. Rasa, Farah, and Redwan presented their work as oral talks, while Saeed and Sophie gave poster presentations. Farah was awared best oral presentation in the Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology, while being recognized as top-8 presenter overall.
- Rasa' presentation: Non-invasive Optical Monitoring of Peripheral and Cerebral Vasomotion in Early Sepsis
- Farah's presentation: Low-Frequency Oscillations in Cerebral Microvascular Perfusion, Oxygenation, and Metabolism in Mild-Cognitive Impairment Patients
- Saeed's presentation: Wearable Light-Based Hemodynamic Monitoring Device for Low Resource Settings
- Sophie's presentation: Effects of Epidermal Pigmentation on the Accuracy of Cerebral Oximeters
- Redwan's presentation: Assessing Indocyanine Green as a Chromophore for Near-infrared Spectroscopy Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms
May, 2024 - 2024 London Health Research Day
Saeed Samaei presented his work as a poster presentation at 2024 London Health Research Day, which was hosted in London, ON, Canada.
- Saeed's presentation: Developing a Light-Based Technology for Monitoring Cerebral Hemodynamics and Metabolism during Surgery
April, 2024 - Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2024
Rasa Eskandari and Farah Kamar presented their recent work as oral talks at Optica Biophotonic Congress: Biomedical Optics 2024, which was hosted in Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States.
- Rasa's presentation: Asessing Progressive Microvascular Dysfunction in Early Sepsis with Non-invasive Optical Spectroscopy
- Farah's presentation: Low-Frequency Oscillations in Cerebral Macro- and Microvascular Perfusion, Oxygenation, and Metabolism in Mild-Cognitive Impairment Patients During Stroop Task
November, 2023 - Critical Care Canada 2023 Forum
Rasa Eskandari and Farah Kamar presented their recent work as e-poster presentations at Critical Care Canada 2023 Forum, which was hosted in Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Rasa's presentation: Continuous Monitoring of Microvascular Function and Perfusin in Early Sepsis with Non-invasive Optical Spectroscopy
- Farah's presentation: Effects of Multiple Intravenous Administrations of Phenylephrine on Scalp and Brain Blood Oxygenation: A Pilot Study with a Full-Head Coverage Time-Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy Device
October, 2023 - WestNIRS 2023
Saeed Samaei and Farah Kamar presented their recent work as an invited talk and a poster presentation, respectively, at WestNIRS 2023, which was hosted in London, ON, Canada.
- Saeed's presentation: Emerging Light-Based Techniques for Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring
- Farah's presentation: Assessing the Sensitivity of a High-Density, Time-Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy Device to Hemodynamic Challenges
September, 2023 - Sepsis Canada 2023 Scientific Meeting
Rasa Eskandari presented his recent work as a poster presentation at Sepsis Canada 2023 Scientific Meeting.
- Rasa's presentation: Continuous Monitoring of Microcirculatory Deterioration in Septic Rats with Non-invasive Optical Spectroscopy
September, 2023 - Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC) 2023 Annual Meeting
Farah Kamar presented her recent work as a a poster presentation at Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC) 2023 Annual Meeting, which was hosted as a virtual meeting.
