Photon Havoc: Using Light for Structural and Functional Assessment of Biological Tissues
Event Postponed to January 19, 2024
Dr. Alex Vitkin
Professor, Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology
University of Toronto
Date: Friday, January 19, 2024
Time: 1–2 p.m. EST
Host: Dr. Eno Hysi
Location: In-person and virtual
In-person: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Auditorium and via Zoom
Refreshments will be served.
Lecture Takeaways
The main takeaways are as follows:
● Radiation microvascular effects in tissues are complex, especially at large doses.
● Functional OCT enables exquisite 3D visualization of tissue microvasculature.
● Polarized light assessment of tissues offers many bio-metrics of potential biomedical
relevance.
Biography
Dr. Alex Vitkin is a professor of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology at the University
of Toronto, a senior scientist at the University Health Network, and a clinical medical physicist
at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He has published over 190 papers and book chapters on biomedical optics, specializing in tissue polarimetry and functional optical coherence
tomography. He has delivered special seminars and summer school modules on biophotonics in 26 countries, often through SPIE’s and Optica’s International Visiting Lecturer programs. Dr. Vitkin is a Fellow of Optica, SPIE, and AIMBE, and is the 2022 recipient of the SPIE GG Stokes Award in optical polarization.
No sign-up is required. For more information, contact the iBEST coordinator at
ibest@torontomu.ca.
