HomeProjectsBiomedical Sciences and Healthcare TechnologiesClinical Evaluations and Applications of Innovative Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging System (OCTIS) in Endometrium
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Innovation and Technology Commission
Tomophase Ltd., and
Guangdong Winstar Medical Technology Co. Ltd.
Sponsorship Test
China patent filed
Champion, Nanshan Entrepreneur Star 2018, Shenzhen, China
Biomedical-industry Champion, Nanshan Entrepreneur Star 2018, Shenzhen, China
Half of the causes of women’s infertility are related to the uterus, but the existing methods for examining the endometrium are external, and the resolution of the image is low, such as ultrasound, MRI, etc. Hence, doctors failed to distinguish whether the endometrium has inflammation, injury or defects etc., which may affect the chance of conception. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology from CUHK adopted the first Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging System (OCTIS) for endometrium in the world. OCTIS incorporates catheter-based rotational and pullback probes with improved OCT technologies. It can be used in endoscopy for ductal organ imaging. CUHK team carried out comprehensive clinical evaluations of OCTIS in endometrium imaging for 20 women, and then tried to discover the underlying cause of the disease. As a result, OCTIS can improve the pregnancy outcome in women with reproductive failure undergoing embryo transfer.
Spectrometers are widely used in many different aspects, such as food and environmental inspection etc. However, it is necessary to have a portable and high-resolution spectrometer for real-time on-site inspection at remote farm or factory. CUHK team invented two new technologies, which broke the traditional boundary. We develop a handheld high-resolution short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectrometer […]
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