Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (DTU)

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has approx. 4.200 employees and 7.000 students. Department of Photonics Engineering has approximately 160 employees including app. 45 graduate students. The department is located at two sites; the main campus in Kgs. Lyngby and the Risø campus at Roskilde. The department participates in a large number of EU programmes as partner or co-ordinator.

In the FUN OCT project, employees from the Department of Photonics Engineering (DPE) will be involved.

The competencies of the OCT group include light-tissue interaction in optical coherence tomography (OCT), Doppler OCT, polarisation-sensitive OCT, development and characterization of light sources for OCT including broad bandwidth PCF-based sources and frequency swept sources, OCT system design and development, OCT image processing, and clinical studies of OCT in dermatology, ophthalmology and small animal imaging.

The motivation of DTU to participate in the FUN OCT project is to use this expertise to develop ultrahigh resolution, functional OCT equipment to be combined with multiphoton tomography that will enable significant improvement in early skin cancer diagnosis.

In the FUN OCT project, the main role of DTU involves the following elements: . (ii) OCM system to be combined with MT for dermatology. (iii) PS OCT system for ophthalmic applications. (iv) Clinical feasibility studies using OCM/MT, DOCT and PS OCT systems within dermatology and ophthalmology. (v) Image and signal processing of OCT images.

DTU key staff

The main roles of DTU involve the following elements:

• (i) High-speed frequency swept laser based on tapered optical amplifiers
• (ii) OCM system to be combined with MT for dermatology
• (iii) PS OCT system for ophthalmic applications
• (iv) Clinical feasibility studies using OCM/MT, DOCT and PS OCT systems within dermatology and ophthalmology
• (v) Image and signal processing of OCT images

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People

Peter E Andersen has more than ten years experience researching and developing OCT systems. In addition, he has vast experience in developing light sources for various medical applications, including swept sources. Currently, he coordinates an FP-6 STREP consortium, NANO UB-SOURCES, aiming at developing light source technology for OCT and he participates in one IP WWW.BRIGHTER.EU.

Antti Isomäki, Post doc.

Sebastian Marschall, Ph.D

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Further Information

Link to DTU page