Biomedical Optics and 3D Imaging
29 April - 2 May 2012, Miami Hilton Downtown, Miami, Florida, USA
Special Events
Nirfast Workshop
Plenary Sessions
Conference Reception
Poster Sessions
DH Tutorials
Postdeadline Sessions
OIDA Rump Session
Nirfast Pre-Conference Training Workshop
27 – 28 April, 2012
Separate registration required for this workshop
This nirfast workshop is prior to the OSA Biomedical and 3D Imaging Congress. The goal of this workshop is to provide hands-on instruction with NIRFAST for modeling light transport in tissue. The workshop will cover basic aspects of Nirfast and will include user driven examples on modeling light transport in tissues and performing tomographic image reconstruction. Click here for more information!
Plenary Sessions
BIOMED Plenary I - BSu1A
Sunday, 29 April
08:00 - 09:30
Symphony I & II
Don’t miss the opening BIOMED plenary session features for the following speakers:
Lihong Wang, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, USA
Photoacoustic Tomography: Ultrasonically Breaking through the Optical Diffusion Limit
Mathias Fink, Langevin InstituteESPCI ParisTech, France
Time Reversal in Biomedical Methods
Joint Biomed and DH Plenary
Monday, 30 April
08:00 - 09:30
Symphony I & II
Joint Plenary features world-renown leaders in their fields, Nobel Prize Winner, George Smith and Byoungho Lee.
George Smith
Recipient of 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Invention and Early History of the CCD
Byoungho Lee, Seoul National Univ., South Korea
3D Display - Where We Are and Where to Go
Biomed Plenary II - BTu1A
Tuesday, 1 May
08:00 - 09:30
Symphony I & II
This Biomed Plenary features these two exciting speakers:
Bruce J. Tromberg, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, USA
Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy: Technology Development and Clinical Translation
Xiaowei Zhuang, Howard Hughes Medical Inst., Harvard Univ., USA
Bioimaging at the nanoscale: Single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
To view more Congress Plenary and Invited Speakers: BIOMED | DH.
Conference Reception
Monday, 30 April
18:30 - 20:00
Overture Foyer & Concerto Ballroom
Complimentary to technical attendees! This Reception brings together all the attendees including exhibitors from the Biomedical Optics and Digital Holography & 3D Imaging Congress for a fun evening of networking with light appetizers and drinks.
DH Tutorials
DH Tutorial - DTu1C.1
Myung K. Kim,
Univ. of South Florida, USA
8:00 - 8:45
Symphony IV
Title to be announced.
DH Tutorial - DTu2C.1
Partha P. Banerjee, Univ. of Dayton, USA
Tuesday, 1 May
10:00-10:45
Symphony IV
Digital Holographic Interferometry - Principles and Applications to Deformation Measurement
Abstract: Starting from basic principles of holography and digital holography, we discuss its application to digital holographic interferometry for 3D object deformation. Dual wavelength holography, digital holographic microscopy and single beam holographic tomography are also discussed
Poster Sessions
Sunday, 29 April, 13:00-15:00, BSu3A
Monday, 30 April, 13:30-15:00, JM3A
Tuesday, 1 May, 13:00-15:00, BTu3A
Concerto Ballroom and Overture Foyer
The poster sessions are an integral part of the technical program and offer a unique networking opportunity, where presenters can discuss their results one-to-one with interested parties. Each author is provided with board on which to display the summary and results of his or her paper.
Postdeadline Papers Sessions
BIOMED Postdeadline Session
Sunday, 29 April
18:30-20:40
Symphony I & II
DH Postdeadline Session
Sunday, 29 April
18:30-19:45
Symphony IV
The postdeadline papers sessions will give participants the opportunity to hear new and significant material in rapidly advancing areas. Only those papers judged to be truly excellent and compelling in their timeliness were accepted. More information, including the schedule, will be posted in the weeks preceding the conference.
OIDA Networking Reception and Rump Session
Sponsored by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K
Tuesday, 1 May
18:00 - 20:00,
Symphony IV
Complimentary to Congress Technical Attendees
OSA's 2012 Biomedical Optics and 3-D Imaging Congress will include a special event hosted by the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. This session will be a unique opportunity to exchange ideas in an energized and fun environment and we look forward to your joining in!
Program Description: An early evening reception and session that engages research and industry attendees in a fast-paced, highly participatory discussion of a topic of key interest to both the academic and applied communities. Guest speakers will make brief presentations on "Growth opportunities for photonics companies in healthcare" followed by an “open microphone” segment where attendees are asked to address the audience with their
Program Schedule
Networking Reception: 30 minutes
Session: 5-Minute
Guest Presentations: 20-30 minutes
Open microphone: 30+ minutes
RUMP Session Planning Committee
Adam Wax, Duke University
Tom Baer, Stanford University
Ken Kauffman, Hamamatsu, USA
Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts University
Thank You Program Sponsor & OIDA Member
