InLightenus: Seeing Deeper: AI-Enhanced Adaptive Optics for High-Resolution Biomedical Imaging
This project is exploring the development of advanced optical imaging technologies to reveal hidden diseases deep within the human body. We are focusing on adaptive optics, a technique originally used in astronomy, now repurposed to improve imaging resolution at depth in biological tissues. As light travels through the body, it becomes distorted and scattered by the tissue structure, limiting image clarity. We are using AI methods to predict the nature of distortions in these images, and provide feedback to microscopes that enables real-time correction of optical aberrations. We are also exploring new generative AI approaches to directly improve image quality once captured. Our aim is to provide rapid correction of images in seconds rather than the long periods of adjustment currently required. Once further established, this technology could be used in clinics to provide rapid diagnosis of skin and other similar conditions, as well as arthritis and other diseases that show symptoms below the skins surface.
CVL people - Mike Pound