Electro-optic systems integrators at Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies (Richardson, TX) use a DVC-1500M in their clinical prototypes for time-sequential, active hyperspectral imaging of the ocular fundus and pathology slides. “We originally purchased the 1500M because our applications need the flexibility of multiple triggering modes, small form factor, high frame rate, and high SNR,” says Robert Francis, Systems Engineer for Medical Product Development at Raytheon ELCAN. “The camera has worked well, and DVC provided the expertise required to interface the camera’s hardware and software with our programmable light sources and custom application software.”

The prototype hyperspectral fundus camera is located in the ophthalmology suites at UTSW Medical Center’s Aston Clinic (Dallas, TX) and is now routinely used by researchers and clinicians to explore new biomarkers for diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other eye diseases.

The prototype multispectral digital microscope is used by university and medical researchers in ELCAN’s state-of-the-art lab at the UTSW BioCenter (also in Dallas) to help understand the spectral transmission characteristics of normal versus abnormal cellular structures.