Examples of current and recent major externally-funded projects include:

• FoVEnOCT – A three-year EPSRC-funded project to develop compact forward-viewing OCT probes for endoscopic use using a technique patented by Kent. [Grant Details] Podoleanu, Hughes [2023-2027]
• OCT-Raman – Quantitative OCT-Raman spectral imaging for intra-operative detection of positive margins in breast conserving surgery, an MRC-funded collaboration with University of Nottingham [Press Release][Grant Details] Podoleanu [2023-2027]
• Sensorised Micro-Surgical Robot for Safe Regenerative Retinal Therapy Delivery, an NIHR funded collaboration with King’s College London to augment retinal surgical robots with distance sensing and imaging. [Press Release] [Grant Details] Podoleanu, Hughes [2023-2025]
• An Optical Detector For Latent Fungal Infection In Produce – a BBSRC-funded collaboration with NIAB, East Malling, to develop OCT imaging for fruit. Podoleanu, Hughes [2024-2025]
• NextGB – Next Generation Biopsy – Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award to develop a high-resolution OCT instrument for imaging Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC). Bradu
• 5DHiResE – a BBSRC-funded project to achieve 5-dimensional high-resolution non-invasive assessment of mammalian embryos. Podoleanu [2019-2024]
• REBOT – Robotic endobronchial optical tomography, an EPSRC-funded collaboration with Imperial College London to develop robot-guided imaging probes for the lung. Podoleanu, Bradu, Hughes [2016-2020]
• Ultrathin fluorescence microscope in a needle – An EPSRC funded project to develop thin fluorescence microscopes for medical diagnostics. Hughes [2018-2020]
• NETLAS – An EU-funded doctoral training school on Next generation of tunable lasers for optical coherence tomography, co-ordinated by the AOG. Podoleanu, Dobre
• AdaSmartRes – Adapter for a commercial grade camera or a smartphone to perform depth-resolved imaging, an ERC Proof of Concept grant award. Podoleanu.
• OCT/Raman device for non-invasive investigation and diagnosis of glue ear – A proof of concept project supported by the EPSRC Network+ for Image Guided Therapies, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham to combine OCT and Raman measurements for the ear. Podoleanu
• UBAPHODESA – A European Industrial Doctorate funded by the EU, in collaboration with NKT Photonics and other associate partners. We are investigating the potential of supercontinuum light sources in medical imaging technology, particularly for optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic microscopy. Project Website (External Link)
• Combined time domain and spectral domain coherence gating for imaging and biosensing – An ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Adrian Podoleanu between 2010 and 2015.