Michael Giacomelli
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Optics at University of Rochester; expert in multiphoton microscopy and surgical imaging for real-time pathology guidance
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Jul 22, 2026
Dave KrullHOST
How is the method that you're using with the imaging, how is that improving patient care and maybe reducing burden?
Michael GiacomelliGUEST
So the technique we're interested in is two-photon microscopy, which has had a really huge impact in life sciences.
Michael GiacomelliGUEST
It's used for imaging inside brains, understanding communications and neural circuitry in live animals, but it really hasn't been used in people very much.
Michael GiacomelliGUEST
So we've spent the last about, I guess, 10 years now adapting this technology for surgery.
Michael GiacomelliGUEST
And the really cool thing about it is it uses these really ultra fast, really short pulse infrared lasers.
Michael GiacomelliGUEST
And these are wavelengths of light that penetrate through tissue pretty efficiently.
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