By taking advantage of microscopy and tomography exploiting light and ultrasound, we develop novel, multimodal and multiscale measurement technologies to quantify conditions and functions of living body.
To apply the fruitful knowledges from molecular biology to diagnoses and treatments, it is necessary to detect and measure the changes in the conditions and functions of biological cells, tissues, organs, and individuals caused by the molecular biological phenomena. We dedicate ourselves to develop the methods to measure the conditions and functions and to use the measured information for diagnoses and treatments from the engineering point of view.
We have been working on (i) microscopy to image mechanical properties such as stiffness of the cell and tissues quantitatively by using ultrasound generated and detected by optical technology, (ii) computed tomography to quantify hemoglobin and medical agents noninvasively by employing the diffuse-reflected/fluorescent lights and photoacoustic signals generated by the visible and near-infrared light illuminations, and the computer simulations of the light and ultrasound propagations, and (iii) the signal processing techniques for the microscopy and tomography, to support patients and medical doctors by providing them with new information and knowledges which cannot be scooped currently in clinical practice.

Please find our profiles and publications in following website.
Shinpei Okawa, Ph.D. https://researchmap.jp/read0163843?lang=en
Kazuki Tamura, Ph.D. https://researchmap.jp/tamura12