New Method to Detect Ultrasound with Light

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Tiny, soft, transparent nanofabricated devices turned into ultrasensitive microphones

February 13, 2017

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Devices Diabetic Eye Disease Imaging Retina

Translational Research

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A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors from biomedicine to geology. Developed with NEI funding by Northwestern Engineering scientists, the device, called the Micro-ring resonator detector, can determine the speed of the blood flow and the oxygen metabolic rate at the back of the eye. This information could help diagnose such common and debilitating diseases as macular degeneration and diabetes.