{"id":15206,"date":"2023-09-21T15:44:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/?p=15206"},"modified":"2023-09-21T15:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:44:27","slug":"photonics-for-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Today is Alzheimer&#8217;s Day. What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer&#8217;s? The answer is simple: photonics provides medical technologies that are useful in diagnosing and treating diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Our researchers, along with scientists from other distinguished Polish institutions, have developed an innovative fiber imaging bundle. It takes the form of a flexible optical fiber consisting of almost 1,000 cores, each of which is a separate image pixel. The glass from which the fiber imaging bundle was made was also developed in the laboratories of our Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Our fiber imaging bundle is used to monitor the activity of neurons \u2013 just animals at the moment, even when in motion. However, in the future, this device will be used to examine people, thanks to which we will learn more about neurodegenerative processes accompanying, among others, Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[86,652],"tags":[876,994,993],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer&#039;s?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer&#039;s?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 IMiF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angelina Sielewicz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angelina Sielewicz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/\",\"name\":\"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#\/schema\/person\/cb141956ec850680095aad56507beff3\"},\"description\":\"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer's?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Strona g\u0142\u00f3wna\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/\",\"name\":\"\u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 IMiF\",\"description\":\"Instytut Mikroelektroniki i Fotoniki\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#\/schema\/person\/cb141956ec850680095aad56507beff3\",\"name\":\"Angelina Sielewicz\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/author\/angelina-sielewicz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?","description":"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer's?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?","og_description":"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer's?","og_url":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/","og_site_name":"\u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 IMiF","article_published_time":"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":627,"url":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Angelina Sielewicz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Angelina Sielewicz","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/","url":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/","name":"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-21T13:44:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#\/schema\/person\/cb141956ec850680095aad56507beff3"},"description":"Photonics for medicine: What does photonics have to do with medicine, specifically neurodegradative diseases such as Alzheimer's?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/photonics-for-medicine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Strona g\u0142\u00f3wna","item":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Does Photonics Have to Do with Medicine?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/","name":"\u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 IMiF","description":"Instytut Mikroelektroniki i Fotoniki","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/#\/schema\/person\/cb141956ec850680095aad56507beff3","name":"Angelina Sielewicz","url":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/author\/angelina-sielewicz\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Angelina Sielewicz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15212,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206\/revisions\/15212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imif.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}