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Impressive AO SLO images by MERLIN
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandAdaptive optics correction system has been integrated in the MERLIN device. It delivers AO-SLO images that enable to observe the retina with unprecedented level of details: the cellular level.
The following images were captured on healthy eyes. On each image, the structures observed are only a few micron in size.
ICFO’s new recruit
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandICFO, the Institute of Photonics and Sciences, hired Dr. Claudia P. Valdés E. as postdoctoral researcher to work on the MERLIN project.
Stunning SLO images by MERLIN
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandThe integration of the MERLIN device keeps on progressing, and it delivered stunning SLO images. The infrared pictures below are from a healthy eye (top) and a pathological eye (bottom).
First OCT images by MERLIN
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandAs the integration of the MERLIN device is progressing, it delivered its first OCT images. The high quality B-scans below are from a healthy eye (top) and a pathological eye (bottom).
ERASMUS ‘ new recruit
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandErasmus MC hired M. Konstantinos Ntatsis as Research Software Engineer. He will work on the MERLIN project starting January 2020.
Presentation at International Congress on OCT Angiography in Rome
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandMichael Pircher from MUW presented MERLIN project in Rome on 13&14 December for 7th International Congress on OCT Angiography and Advances in OCT
MERLIN at Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Erasmus MC
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandDanilo Andrade De Jesus presented the MERLIN project in the plenary meeting of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Erasmus MC (December, 3rd). The last achievements of the MERLIN project were also presented to an international audience of ophthalmologists and engineers at the IMAGE AI meeting held in Leuven during 12th and 13th of December.
Internship offer in R&D at Imagine Eyes
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandImagine Eyes is offering an internship for a second-year Master’s degree student. During 4 to 6 months, the intern will work with the Conception & Development team on a new adaptive optics (AO) imaging modality for the MERLIN device.
More details in the internship description on Imagine Eyes website (in French)
Periodic Reporting for period 1 on European Commission
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandA summary of the context and overall objectives at mid-term:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/213189/reporting/en
Two-year-review meeting in Paris
/in Allgemein /by Marine DurandMERLIN partners gathered on November 4th and 5th in Paris for the 2-year-review meeting of the project: final planning of the last steps in developing the imaging device, prior to the first experimentations in clinical settings.