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Training Program in Biomedical Engineering

Research opportunities in this area use light which allows subsurfacing imaging at the micron level include:

Three dimensional imaging of cardiac morphology and development in the chick embryo (M. Kirby, J. Izatt).
Use of OCT in retinal imaging (J. Izatt)
Gastrointestinal imaging using OCT (J. Izatt)

Mentor

Joseph A. Izatt, Ph.D., Pratt School of Biomedical Engineering

Related Coursework

Several graduate-level courses in the Biomedical Engineering Department are required to obtain a quantitative understanding of optical coherence tomography in the context of modern biomedical imaging systems.

BME 233 "Modern Diagnostic Imaging Systems" provides an introduction to clinical biomedical imaging modalities and to quantitative assessment of image quality and lesion recognition.
BME 270"Introduction to Biomedical Optics" provides an introduction to theoretical models of light propagation in biological tissues and biophotonic instrument design.
BME 265.05 "Biomedical Optical Diagnostics" provides an introduction to optical microscopy and spectroscopy instrumentation and a detailed treatment of optical coherence tomography.