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Roxana-Mariana Beiu

- UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD

Researcher | Teaching staff | Scientific reviewer

Web of Science ResearcherID: H-4034-2016

Expertise & keywords

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems with handheld and endoscope probes for real-time investigations in material studies and for in vivo medical imaging Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 2
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-1682 2012 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD (RO); SPITALUL CLINIC JUDETEAN DE URGENTA ARAD (RO); BIOCLINICA S.A. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINA SI FARMACIE " VICTOR BABEŞ " TIMISOARA (RO); INTELIFORM SRL (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD (RO)

Project website: http://3om-group-optomechatronics.ro/pp1682/

Abstract:

The present grant proposal involves 5 teams, led by the Optomechatronics Research Group (www.3omgroup.appspot.com/) of the Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (CO). Two academic and clinical institutions are involved: Arad County University Hospital (partner P1) and University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, Faculty of Medical Dentistry (P3). A top company for medical analyses, SC Bioclinica SA (P2), leader in the field in Western Romania will provide histological feed-back for the imaging techniques to be developed, and it will apply, as well as P1 and P3, the OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) systems and devices that will result from the project. A dynamic SME focused on precision mechanics, SC Inteliform SRL (P4) will manufacture the prototypes of the endoscope MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and of the handheld OCT probes, thus expanding its capabilities to micro-mechanics. The project comprises collaborative links on OCT with UoRochester, NY (where the PI was a Fulbright Senior on OCT, 2009-2010), UoKent, UK (where the PI is a Visiting Scholar, also on OCT), and with CUNY, NY (Nanofabrication Laboratory), on MEMS. Two Visiting scientists from the latter two institutions will be employed in the CO team for the summer time of each year of the project. The project objectives comprise: (i) The development of Swept Source (SS) and Spectral Domain (SD) OCT systems centered on different wavelengths, with high resolutions and fast acquisition speeds, suitable for imaging hard and soft tissue, for in vivo (but also ex vivo) medical investigations, in gastroenterology and colonoscopy, with P1 and P2, and in teeth, mouth, and materials for dentistry, with P3; (ii) The development of several OCT handheld and endoscope MEMS probes; (iii) A range of biomedical investigations in gastroenterology and dentistry; (iv) Treatments will also be approached by coupling aiming and treatment lasers through the OCT handheld and endoscope probes to be developed.

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