LighTopTech will be at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Eye Bank Association of America on June 25-28 in San Diego, CA Additionally, LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi will present a talk at the Innovative Solutions Showcase on Thursday, June 26th, 2025....
We’re proud to celebrate 12 years of innovation and impact at LighTopTech Corp. Since 2013, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible—and we couldn’t have done it without our team, partners, and supporters. Here’s to the next chapter!...
Dr. Carolina Parra Rosas from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, is presenting a paper at the annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Salt Lake City, UT: Dual optical coherence tomography and microscopy for in vivo corneal imaging......
LighTopTech will be at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Eye Bank Association of America on June 5-8 in Kansas City, MI. Additionally, LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi will present a talk at the Scientific Symposium on June 8th, 2024:Dual-Modality Imaging for Cellular Volumetric Evaluation......
If you are attending the Annual Meeting of ARVO, make sure to visit us in the Exhibit Hall at booth #4093, from Sunday May 5th through Wednesday, May 9th. To schedule a meeting with us, contact us in advance. LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi is presenting a......
Dr. Canavesi will be the colloquium speaker at the The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences on March 21, 2024....
LighTopTech President Dr. Canavesi will be a speaker in the upcoming symposium organized by the National Eye Institute on Optical Coherence Tomography – Celebrating its Transformative Impact on Eye Care and Beyond on March 18-19, 2024. The symposium will celebrate the recipients of the 2023......
LighTopTech Corp. Receives Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) LighTopTech Corp. receives a 2024 Phase II SBIR Grant for $886,898 for In vivo high-definition 3D corneal imaging from the National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of......
If you are attending the Annual Meeting of ARVO, make sure to visit us in the exhibit at the Spective booth (#929). The exhibit opens on Sunday, April 23rd and runs through Wednesday, April 26th. To schedule a meeting with us in advance, please contact us....
If you are attending the Annual Meeting of ARVO, make sure to visit us in the exhibit at Spective’s booth (#3209). The exhibit opens on Sunday, May 1st and runs through Wednesday, May 4th. To schedule a meeting with us, use the feature on the Exhibit,......
LighTopTech Co-Founder and President Dr. Cristina Canavesi was honored as one of the Inspiring Fifty Italy 2021....
If you are attending the Annual Meeting of ARVO, make sure to visit us in the exhibit at Spective‘s booth. The exhibit opens on Saturday, May 1st and runs through Saturday, May 7th. To schedule a meeting with us, use the feature on the Exhibit,......
Dr. Wei Wei is presenting a paper at SPIE Photonics West: Dynamic optical coherence microscopy with model-based motion reduction Paper 11630-48 On-demand starting 6 March, 2021 Authors: Wei Wei, Andrea Cogliati, Cristina Canavesi https://spie.org/photonics-west/presentation/Dynamic-optical-coherence-microscopy-with-model-based-motion-reduction/11630-48...
Jannick Rolland was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors whose innovation has made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Jannick holds more than 50 patents has over 180 peer-reviewed publications......
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi presented an online presentation at the Scientific Symposium at the 2020 annual meeting of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA): Unbiased, Automated ECD Analysis Using Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy and Machine Learning. Co-Authors: C. Canavesi, A. Cogliati, and H. B.......
LighTopTech Corp. Receives Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy and machine learning will provide an unbiased, automated assessment of corneal tissue for evaluating tissue viability prior to transplant. W HENRIETTA, NY – LighTopTech......
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi presented an online presentation at the annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: In vivo imaging of corneal nerves and cellular structures in mice with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy. Co-Authors: C. Canavesi, A. Cogliati, A. Mietus, Y.......
LighTopTech Co-Founder Dr. Jannick Rolland is the recipient of the 2020 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize from the Optical Society. Rolland was recognized for numerous creative and innovative applications in several fields of optical engineering including Astronomy, Medical Imaging, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Image science,......
Congratulations to our co-Founder and CTO Prof. Jannick Rolland for being named 2019 Alumna of the Year by the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona! Photo credit: https://www.optics.arizona.edu/news-events/photos/jannick-rolland-thompson-alumna-celebration-lunch...
LighTopTech Co-Founder and President Dr. Cristina Canavesi was honored as one of the 2019 Millennials in Manufacturing Awardees. View the press release here....
LighTopTech president Dr. Cristina Canavesi is presenting an invited talk at OSA Frontiers in Optics 2019: Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy imaging, from cellular to nano-class, and perspectives Authors: C. Canavesi and J. P. RollandPaper FM1C.2Monday, September 16th, 8:15 AM, Washington 3 The same day, Dr. Canavesi will also give......
Cristina Canavesi and Jannick Rolland, co-founders of LighTopTech, recently co-authored an invited paper on “Ten Years of Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy“. The open access paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.3390/app9122565. ABSTRACT: Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy (GDOCM) is a high-definition imaging technique leveraging principles of low-coherence interferometry, liquid......
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi was honored with the ISCAS – Olympus Best Paper Award for her presentation on “Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy for optical biopsy, image-guided surgery, and intraoperative imaging” at CARS 2019 in Rennes, France....
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi is presenting a paper at CARS 2019 (Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery): Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy for optical biopsy, image-guidedsurgery, and intraoperative imaging Paper 185 Time: Thursday, June 20th 2019 at 16:45 in Room La Nef Authors: C. Canavesi, R.......
Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy to Aid in Mohs Resection of Basal Cell Carcinoma Time: Saturday, June 15th 2019 at 8:45 AM in room AMBER 7+8 Authors: Cristina Canavesi, Patrice Tankam, Jonathan Soh, Mara Lanis, Adam Hayes, Andrea Cogliati, Jannick P. Rolland, Sherrif Ibrahim 24th World......
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi is presenting a paper at the annual meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: High-resolution three-dimensional Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy for corneal tissue evaluation Paper 4233 Time: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 at 8:30 AM in room West......
LighTopTech was awarded a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant from the National Science Foundation on February 1, 2019 for an amount of $225,000. The topic of the project is TOWARDS IN VIVO HIGH-DEFINITION 3D CORNEAL IMAGING (1R43EY029906-01)....
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi is presenting a paper at SPIE Photonics West: 3D cellular imaging of the cornea with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy Paper 10867-14 Time: Monday, February 4th, 2019 at 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Authors: Cristina Canavesi, Andrea Cogliati, Changsik Yoon, Amanda Mietus, Yue Qi, Jonathon......
LighTopTech is exhibiting at CIOE 2018 in Shenzhen, China as part of the NY State delegation. Come visit us at booth 1A52 on September 5-8, 2018!...
LighTopTech was awarded a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2018 for an amount of $225,000. The topic of the project is HIGH-DEFINITION, WIDE FIELD OF VIEW CORNEAL IMAGING (1R43EY028827-01)....
LighTopTech President Dr. Cristina Canavesi was interviewed by the Rochester Business Journal on April 20th, 2018. When applied to the world of cancer, Canavesi sees LighTopTech being able to make biopsies almost obsolete. Rather than having to be cut open, have tissue sent to a......
LighTopTech was named one of the finalists in the Luminate Accelerator. On November 8th, 10 teams will be selected to receive a $100,000 investment and enter the 6-month accelerator program. More information on the Luminate website. Come support us at the public showcase on November 8th......
Cristina Canavesi will be a panelist in the session “Biophotonics and Optical Technologies” at Light and Sound Interactive 2017. Dr. Canavesi will be speaking about “Optical Coherence Microscopy and Optical Biopsy.“ The panel takes place at 4:00-5:00 PM on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017, at the Convention......
During the 2017/2018 Academic Year, LighTopTech Corp., an active NSF SBIR Phase II grantee, is looking for an undergraduate student to participate in the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program. Please contact us if interested....
Cristina Canavesi is presenting an paper at SPIE Photonics West: 3D wide field-of-view Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy advancing real-time in-vivo imaging and metrology Paper 10053-34 Time: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Authors: Cristina Canavesi, Andrea Cogliati, Adam Hayes, Jannick P. Rolland http://spie.org/PWB/conferencedetails/optical-coherence-tomography#2252187...
Cristina Canavesi is presenting an invited paper at OSA Frontiers in Optics: 3D High-definition Wide Field-of-view Optical Coherence Microscopy Advancing Real-time in-vivo Cellular Imaging Paper FW2C.1 Time: Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Authors: Cristina Canavesi (LighTopTech Corp.); Andrea Cogliati, Adam Hayes, Patrice Tankam (Univ.......
Cristina Canavesi is presenting a paper at SPIE Optifab: Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy with integrated dual-axis MEMS scanner for fast 3D imaging and metrology Paper 9633-22 Time: Monday, Oct. 12th, 5:00 PM – 5:20 PM Author(s): Cristina Canavesi, LighTopTech Corp. (United States); Andrea Cogliati, Adam......
LighTopTech was awarded an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation on “Nondestructive/noninvasive three-dimensional imaging with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy” (IIP-1534701). The award of $1,105,353 is for a 3-year project starting 9/1/2015....
Dr. Canavesi was awarded the Hugh H. Whitney Award for the highest record of academic achievement by a graduating student in the Class of 2015 in the Executive MBA program at Simon School of Business, University of Rochester....
The paper “Assessing the microstructures of the human cornea using Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy with large field of view and high resolution” by P. Tankam, Z. He, M. Lanis, C. Canavesi, T. Lepine, H. B. Hindman, D. Topham, G. Thuret, P. Gain and J. P.......
Cristina Canavesi shared her startup experience in an interview for the Democrat & Chronicle. You may read the article here: LighTopTech co-founder talks challenges and successes....
LighTopTech was named Finalist for the 2014 Digital Rochester Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievement in Technology (GREAT) Awards for the category Optics, Photonics and Imaging Technology. See the announcement on Digital Rochester website and read the press release by the Democrat & Chronicle....
Jannick P. Rolland was awarded the David Richardson Medal of the Optical Society for visionary contributions and leadership in optical design and engineering, enabling noninvasive optical biopsy. View the official announcement>....
LighTopTech was awarded a Phase I STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) grant from the National Science Foundation for Jan. – Dec. 2014 for an amount of $225,000. The topic of the project is Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy for detection of defects in manufacturing....
