{"id":7374,"date":"2022-01-12T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T10:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:24:40","slug":"msc-project-in-optical-coherence-tomography-for-embryology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/2022\/01\/12\/msc-project-in-optical-coherence-tomography-for-embryology\/","title":{"rendered":"MSc Project in Optical Coherence Tomography for Embryology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This project is is suitable for a 1-year MSc\u00a0 in Physics.\u00a0 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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/finance-student\/fees\/tuition\/index.html#!pg\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Supervisors<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/person\/prof-adrian-podoleanu\/\">Adrian Podoleanu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/person\/dr-adrian-bradu\/\">Adrian Bradu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/person\/dr-manuel-jorge-marques\/\">Manuel Marques<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/person\/julien-camard\/\">Julien Camard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborators<\/strong>: Colleagues in the School of Biosciences<\/p>\n<p>OCT is a high resolution, non invasive, optical imaging technology that is expanding from medical imaging application to other areas, such as biosciences.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in what OCT can do for Biosciences should read the paper we published in Biomed. Opt. Express\u00a0\u00a08, 5139-5150 (2017),<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osapublishing.org\/boe\/fulltext.cfm?uri=boe-8-11-5139&amp;id=375622\">Speckle variance OCT for depth resolved assessment of the viability of bovine embryos, <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available from KAR: <a href=\"https:\/\/kar.kent.ac.uk\/64124\/\">https:\/\/kar.kent.ac.uk\/64124\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This presents an application on determining the viability of embryos using a novel version of OCT, based on assessing the speckle variance.<\/p>\n<p>Interest exists in extending the method to other embryos, as well as to develop applicable methods to human IVF.<\/p>\n<p>There is no deadline for the project \u2013 applicants will be assessed on a rolling basis \u2013 although please note any separate deadlines for scholarships or funding.\u00a0 For further information or informal enquiries, please contact Professor Adrian Podoleanu (<a href=\"mailto:A.G.H.Podoleanu@kent.ac.uk\">A.G.H.Podoleanu@kent.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\">Applied Optics Group\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/join\/study\/\">MSc\/PhD Study in the Applied Optics Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\">School of Physical Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is is suitable for a 1-year MSc\u00a0 in Physics.\u00a0 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. 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