Andrea Curatolo is a PhD researcher in the Optial+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at the University of Western Australia, led by Professor David Sampson.
Andrea is currently working on an advanced 3D imaging technique, called optical coherence tomography (OCT). His work includes diagnostic imaging systems engineering design, technology development and supervision of endoscopic and interstitial OCT imaging system prototypes deployed in clinical settings, for pulmonary and oncology applications. His PhD thesis focuses on the design of tissue-simulating objects and on the analysis and use of different laser beams for improving OCT imaging in biological tissue and optical elastography. He is also active in the study of image formation in the context of coherent imaging modalities and intrinsic noise – the speckle phenomena, with a number of publications, including a book chapter.
His background is in photonics, having completed his MSc in 2006 in physics engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, with a thesis on the development of a portable multispectral imaging system for works of art diagnostics. He attended the first year of his master’s degree at the Institute of Technology (LTH) in Lund, Sweden.
He is the current president of the UWA student chapter of the Optical Society, one of the major international professional associations of optical engineers and scientists.
- Company:The University of Western Australia
- Short Bio:Senior Research Associate School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
- www.uwa.edu.au
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Light: a spectrum of opportunities
Light: a spectrum of opportunities