Biophotonics

Biophotonics group at OPEM unit aims at development of advanced photonics tools and techniques for functional imaging, sensing, and characterization of biotissues and cells on a fundamental level.

Biophotonics

Research group description

Biophotonics research in OPEM Unit has a 20-year-long history. We develop and employ innovative photonic tools and techniques for noninvasive functional imaging of biotissues, for manipulating microparticles and red blood cells to study interaction forces between them, for visualizing tissue perfusion and characterization of blood flow in particular to monitor brain activity. We fabricate advanced realistic optomechanical phantoms of tissues and organs of humans and small animals. The experimental investigations are regularly supported by the comprehensive theoretical and numerical modeling of light-tissue interaction. The Biophotonics group is a member of Oulu BioImaging consortium, which is an associated partner of Euro-Bioimaging infrastructure network.