Diaphanoscopy (Fiber-Art)

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7 February 2025

Is Your Industrial Process Falling Behind? 5 Signs You Need In-Line Spectroscopy

By Stanislav Perevoschikov

Are outdated sampling methods delaying decisions and increasing costs in your operations? art photonics outlines five critical indicators that it's time to integrate in-line spectroscopy into your process control strategy. 1. Frequent Batch Failures Without Clear ExplanationTraditional lab testing often misses real-time fluctuations that lead to batch failures.Our Solution: FlexiSpec Probes deliver instant chemical analysis […]

15 January 2025

Technical Note: ATR Crystal Choice for Fiber-Based Process Spectroscopy

By Stanislav Perevoschikov

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest technical note, “ATR Crystal Choice for Fiber-Based Process Spectroscopy.” This comprehensive guide emphasizes the importance of Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) and mid-IR spectroscopy for precise, real-time process monitoring across diverse industries, including chemical processing, biopharmaceuticals, and food production. The technical note provides an overview of […]

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28 January 2025

Day 1 at Photonics West 2025!

By Stanislav Perevoschikov

art photonics GmbH is happy to kick off Photonics West 2025 at Booth #1740! We’re showcasing our broad spectra fiber solutions in collaboration with our colleagues from NLIR, all under the Nynomic AG umbrella. What can you expect? Together, we’re offering cutting-edge tools to address your most challenging applications in infrared spectroscopy and industrial process […]

26 January 2025

art photonics: PIR Fiber Technology at Photonics West 2025

By Stanislav Perevoschikov

art photonics GmbH, the global pioneer and leading manufacturer of Polycrystalline Infrared (PIR) fibers, continues to set the standard for innovation in infrared optical solutions. Our PIR fibers are engineered to deliver unmatched performance across the 3–17 µm spectral range, making them a cornerstone for advanced industrial, medical, and scientific applications. Key Advantages of PIR Fibers: Applications […]

Fiber-assisted illumination of the skull

The multi-spectral transillumination of the nasal sinuses with μLEDs is the application example from the medical technology, which was conceived in the extensive product pallete of art photonics GmbH.

Sinusitis, also known as a sinus infection or rhinosinusitis, is an inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nose. Sinusitis can be acute, orvchronic, which usually lasts for 3 to 8 weeks and can continue for months or even years; recurrent, which is several acute attacks within a year. The optical diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the nasal sinuses had in the past, in spite of its long history, a number of serious disadvantages that oppose its use in the routine of clinics and practices.

Together with a clinical partner from Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, art photonics developed new, innovative concepts for light diagnostics for the ENT. In the re-discovery of diaphanoscopy, miniaturized and improved applicators with powerful LEDs are in the forefront of the use in minimally invasive medicine. The focus of the development of these innovative procedures for the screening of the nasal sinuses is the geometrical and ergonomic design of the applicator, the digitalisation of images and the establishment of the modern image processing methods for the evaluation of the scattered light images. An old, forgotten method of transillumination of the human skull gains therefore a new value in the light diagnosis of the inflammation of the nasal sinuses.

The aim of the project is the development of an equipment for minimally invasive diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses by illumination with visible and near infrared light as a condition of the formation and evaluation of light scattering patterns to low‐cost, non‐invasive, free of ionizing radiation screening for diagnosis and follow‐up.

Advantages:

Noninvasive diagnosis of sinusitis without X‐ray, CT and biopsy to reduce the radiation exposure
Selection of optimal wavelengths for the beam source to distinguish between
different forms of inflammation
Anatomical ‐ based shape of applicator for comfortable transillumination
Development of a diagnostic wizards to simplify and increase the diagnostic accuracy
Cost reduction through the introduction and adaptation of optical technologies

Current status

A universal LED applicator was developed: