PhotoMedicine labs is interested in designing and developing novel optical systems for clinical and pre-clinical biomedical applications. These new technologies aim to provide clinicians and researchers with novel capabilities and information that is presently difficult to obtain with existing techniques.
 
Some of our research interests includes: ​
  • Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS®) Microscopy
  • Multi-scale Functional and Molecular Photoacoustic Tomography
  • Medical Imaging
  • Medical Devices
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  • Multi-photon Microscopy
  • Novel Multi-modality Optical Imaging Techniques
  • Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
  • Nano-fabrication methods
  • Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT)
  • All Optical and Non-contact Detection Systems
  • Photoacoustic Wavefront Shaping
  • Design and Fabrication of Micro-endoscopy Systems
  • Super-resolution Imaging Techniques
  • Real-time And 3D Biomedical Imaging
  • Novel Optical and Fiber-based Components
  • Novel Laser Systems for Biomedical Applications
  • Optical Sensors
  • Image Processing
  • Machine Learning​
          
Professor Parsin Haji Reza is the inventor and pioneer of photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS®) microscopy. Our proprietary PARS® photoacoustic remote sensing technology is a revolution in optical imaging.  Like traditional photoacoustic imaging, PARS® measures optical absorption and is capable of providing functional and molecular imaging of anything that can absorb light. Traditional photoacoustic imaging has been constrained by the need to have contact with targeted tissues, the size of transducers and an inability to easily integrate with other optical imaging techniques.  PARS® is the first fully optical, non-contact photoacoustic imaging technology.  This allows PARS® to maintain all of the advantages of photoacoustic imaging while addressing its short comings which provides incredible flexibility in how it can be deployed.  PhotoMedicine Labs work with market leading partners to develop systems for specific applications.  Currently, our primary research focus is on the development of deep cellular resolution PARS® microscopy techniques. Our secondary research vision involves the development of multi-modality optical imaging techniques as well as novel all-optical detection methods for photoacoustic tomography.
Our Research Philosophy:
"Fight for your dreams and one day your dreams will fight for you!" -Paulo Coelho
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​Biomedical Engineering
Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
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