Title :
Finding bugs in your ear: Clinical imaging of middle-ear infections and biofilms using OCT
Author :
Boppart, Stephen A.
Author_Institution :
Beckman Inst. for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Handheld OCT scanners have been developed for screening and characterizing middle-ear infections that are highly prevalent in the pediatric population. OCT enables non-invasive identification of bacterial biofilms that will impact clinical treatment of this disease.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; diseases; ear; microorganisms; optical tomography; paediatrics; bacterial biofilms; clinical imaging; clinical treatment; disease; handheld OCT scanners; middle-ear infections; noninvasive identification; pediatric population; Biomedical optical imaging; Biomembranes; Ear; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
