This project is is suitable for a 1-year MSc in Physics. The project does not currently have funding attached, students must be able to fund the fees and their living costs either through their own funds or a scholarship. Current information on fees is available here.
Supervisors: Adrian Podoleanu, Adrian Bradu, Manuel Marques, Julien Camard
Collaborators: Colleagues in the School of Biosciences
OCT is a high resolution, non invasive, optical imaging technology that is expanding from medical imaging application to other areas, such as biosciences.
Those interested in what OCT can do for Biosciences should read the paper we published in Biomed. Opt. Express 8, 5139-5150 (2017),
Speckle variance OCT for depth resolved assessment of the viability of bovine embryos,
Also available from KAR: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/64124/
This presents an application on determining the viability of embryos using a novel version of OCT, based on assessing the speckle variance.
Interest exists in extending the method to other embryos, as well as to develop applicable methods to human IVF.
There is no deadline for the project – applicants will be assessed on a rolling basis – although please note any separate deadlines for scholarships or funding. For further information or informal enquiries, please contact Professor Adrian Podoleanu (A.G.H.Podoleanu@kent.ac.uk).
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