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During July and August, the DaCosta lab hosted Nir Livneh, a visiting medical student from Tel Aviv University as part of a collaboration with Prof. Ilan Tsarfaty’s molecular imaging lab from Israel (http://www2.tau.ac.il/nano/researcher.asp?id=aghihfeif). Nir worked with the clinical research team, and contributed to the planning of a clinical study that will assess the ability of a hand held autofluorescence imaging device (PRODIGI) to detect bacteria in burn wounds and predict impairements in the healing process. Nir hopes to leverage his experience to build new academic bridges between the University of Toronto and Tel Aviv University.

Optically-tracked handheld fluorescence imaging platform for monitoring skin response in the management of soft tissue sarcoma. Chamma E, Qiu J, Lindvere-Teene L, Blackmore KM, Majeed S, Weersink R, Dickie CI, Griffin AM, Wunder JS, Ferguson PC, DaCosta RS. J Biomed Opt. 2015 Jul 1;20(7):76011. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.7.076011    

Emerging Applications for Optically-enabled Intravital Microscopic Imaging in Radiobiology Maeda A., Kulbatski I., and DaCosta R. IN PRESS  

Handheld fluorescence imaging device detects subclinical wound infection in an asymptomatic patient with chronic diabetic foot ulcer: a case report. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iwj.12451/abstract;jsessionid=8504439B4A8F8F18181B125564949C48.f04t04

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New publication with our collaborators in Korea on a new prototype hand-held tri-modal instrument for in vivo ultrasound, photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging in Review of Scientific Instruments. A prototype hand-held tri-modal instrument for in vivo ultrasound, photoacoustic, and fluorescence imaging

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