Bioengineering Imaging Group
The Bioengineering Imaging Group is a world-leader in the development of the imaging needle and multimodal micro-endoscopy technology for biomedical use.
Our team design and build highly miniaturised imaging probes to help diagnose disease and enable safer surgery. Our imaging devices consist of a tiny fibre-optic probe encased in a hypodermic needle or transparent catheter. These devices are able to provide guidance deep within the body with fluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography.
Based in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), which is part of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), the Bioengineering Imaging Group has strong research programs in the development of new optical imaging technologies and clinical translation.
Our research team is a multi-disciplinary group of engineers, physicists and computer scientists who work together with clinicians. Our skills complement the expertise already within the CNBP. Together, we are exploring novel applications and deployment of optical fibre sensing and imaging across medicine and physiology.
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Lead researchers
Professor Robert McLaughlin
Professor Robert McLaughlin is co-leader of the Bioengineering Imaging Group, Chair of Biophotonics at the University Adelaide and Managing Director of the imaging company, Miniprobes. He has a PhD in Electronic Engineering and was a post-doctoral researcher at The University of Oxford. He worked for several years in the medical device industry where he was responsible for the development and commercial release of three medical devices.
Associate Professor Jiawen Li
Associate Professor Jiawen Li is co-leader of the Bioengineering Imaging Group. She is also leading the intravascular imaging program at School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and the Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS). Her innovation has led to her being selected as Fellow of NHMRC, National Heart Foundation and L’Oréal-UNESCO and MIT Technology Review Global Innovator under 35 (the only Australian recipient in 2023).”
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Research team
Research team Role Professor Robert McLaughlin Lead researcher Associate Professor Jiawen Li Lead Researcher Rodney Kirk Researcher Bryden Quirk Researcher Dr Alok Kushwaha Researcher Dr Lei Xiang Researcher Dr Mark Reeves Researcher Dr Kelly Yee Researcher Rouyan Chen Researcher Claudia Imiolczyk Researcher Yujia Kong Researcher Yi Chen Researcher Mingze Yang Researcher -
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