Joseph A Izatt

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Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information:
Education:
PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology1991
SMMassachusetts Institute of Technology1988
SBMassachusetts Institute of Technology1986
Research Interests:
Professor Izatt's research interests are in the area of biophotonics and include coherence-based biomedical imaging and microscopy, novel technologies for ophthalmic imaging, and nanoscale studies of cellular morphology and dynamics.

Biophotonics is concerned with the application of cutting-edge optoelectronic technologies to problems in the biomedical sciences. My research centers on the application of optical technologies for non-invasive, high-resolution imaging and sensing in living biological tissues. The technologies we use in my laboratory include acousto-optic and integrated-optic devices, femtosecond lasers, and ultrabroadband fiber optic telecommunications equipment. The applications of the systems we build include noninvasive medical diagnostics, in-vivo tomographic microscopes, and high-throughput three-dimensional small animal imaging systems for genomics studies. Our work involves multiple collaborations with engineers, biologists, and physicians at Duke and elsewhere.

Recent Publications: (More Publications)
    • A. Davis and J. Izatt and F. Rothenerg, Quantitative Measurement of Blood Flow Dynamics in Embryonic Vasculature Using Spectral Doppler Velocimetry, Anatomical Record-advances In Integrative Anatomy And Evolutionary Biology, vol 292 no. 3 (2009), pp. 311 -- 319 [abs]
    • S. Asrani and M. Sarunic and C. Santiago and J. Izatt, Detailed visualization of the anterior segment using Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography, Archives Of Ophthalmology, vol 126 no. 6 (2008), pp. 765 -- 771 [abs]
    • C. S. Johnson and S. I. Mian and S. Moroi and D. Epstein and J. Izatt and N. A. Afshari, Role of corneal elasticity in damping of intraocular pressure, Investigative Ophthalmology \& Visual Science, vol 48 no. 6 (2007), pp. 2540 -- 2544 [abs]
    • Ellerbee, Audrey K. and Izatt, Joseph A., Phase retrieval in low-coherence interferometric microscopy, Optics Letters, vol 32 no. 4 (2007), pp. 388 - 390 [OL.32.000388] [abs]
    • A. Louie and J. Izatt and K. Ferrara, Biomedical imaging graduate curricula and courses: Report from the 2005 Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit, Annals Of Biomedical Engineering, vol 34 no. 2 (2006), pp. 239 -- 247 [abs]