The OCTlab is very excited to tell you that one image (“Inside a human eye”) has been selected from 1472 contributions as a Wellcome Image Awards 2016 winning image!
“Inside a human eye” by Dr. med. Peter Maloca, OCTlab, University Basel, Switzerland. Image obtained with speckle-free Swept Source optical Coherence tomography SSOCT. Wellcome & theguardian.com. Copyright © 2016 The GUARDIAN.
Winner image “Inside a human eye“ from the team of the OCTlab, University of Basel: The image shows a 3D model of the outer choroidal vessels which look like large interconnected caves in a mountain. The space is real and the model artificially illuminated and provided with an artificial texture. The 3D reconstruction was achieved by removing speckle-noise from 256 swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) cross-sections of a healthy human eye. OCT is a harmless, non-contact laser microscope.
The “choroid” is a vascular network which lies behind the retina and supports the fovea centralis as the place of the sharpest vision to 100 percent with oxygen and nutritional substances. The blood cells are not imaged as they move too fast through these vessels. Vertical diameter about 100 micron. Thus, the size of a fingernail, which is divided by 10!
The Wellcome Image Awards recognise the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images among recent acquisition.
Human Choroid in motion (Dye-free choroidal angiography with Swept-Source OCT Topcon SSOCT)
http://www.wellcomeimageawards.org/
Wellcome Image Awards 2016. Copyright © 2016 Wellcome London.
Awards ceremony at the Science Museum evening of Tuesday 15 March 2016.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/plan_your_visit/exhibitions/wellcome-image-awards
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Press releases:
nature: Science as art
http://www.nature.com/news/science-as-art-wellcome-image-awards-2016-1.19538
Swallowtail butterflies. Wellcome & nature. Copyright © 2016 nature
BBC News Online: The art of science
“These colourful and intricate images are Wellcome Image Awards finalists. They showcase the best in science imaging techniques.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35709032
THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST
the ophthalmologist
https://theophthalmologist.com/issues/0416/image-of-the-month/
SCIENCE FRIDAY
http://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/seeing-inside-the-eye/
Nationalgeographic.nl
Copyright © 2016 nationalgeographic.nl
“Iets bedenken en begrijpen, is goed. Maar iets kunnen laten zien, is vaak nog beter. Zeker in de wetenschap geldt toch: eerst zien, dan geloven. Wetenschappelijke illustraties helpen niet alleen de artsen in hun onderzoek, ze maken de moeilijke materie net wat meer inzichtelijk voor het grote publiek. Het produceren van deze afbeeldingen is een ware kunst: de maker moet niet alleen creatief zijn, maar ook technisch en wetenschappelijk onderlegd. Om het belang van dit specialisme te onderstrepen reikt het Britse Wellcome Images – een beeldbank voor dergelijke illustraties – jaarlijks prijzen uit voor de mooiste wetenschappelijke illustraties.” Auteur Lisa Dupuy
The Observer // The Guardian
“These extraordinary images from inside the human body and the natural world are all finalists in this year’s Wellcome Image awards. Not only are they beautiful, but they were all produced as part of scientific research.”
Further winner images…”Wiring the human brain”:
Human Brain. Wellcome & theguardian.com. Copyright © 2016 The GUARDIAN.
Raynaud’s disease:
Raynaud’s disease. Wellcome & theguardian.com. Copyright © 2016 The GUARDIAN.
Premature Baby:
Premature baby. Wellcome & theguardian.com. Copyright © 2016 The GUARDIAN.
The financial times:
“Medical photography: a world we never see. From a hospital isolation unit to the magnified structure of a bone marrow cell, much in medicine can be elucidated by a camera, as these striking images show.”
Bacteria. Wellcome & The Financial Times. Copyright © 2016 The Financial Times.
WIRED: Nature’s secrets revealed in Wellcome Image Awards
Copyright © 2016 WIRED MAGAZINE
“The Wellcome Image Awards showcase the best in science image making across the globe. This year’s winning images include the golden scales of a Madagascan sunset moth, close up shots of human stem cells and cross sections of Ebola virus particles.
The 2016 awards include the new Julie Dorrington Award for outstanding photography in a clinical environment, and are described as celebrating “the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images that communicate significant aspects of biomedical science”.
Many of the images capture use advanced medical photography to capture scenes that are invisible to the human eye. One winner is an image of the human brain created using diffusion tensor tractography, which tracks the movement of water molecules to reconstruct the orientation of fibres in the brain.
Other images are taken by electron microscopes at millions of times the magnification of light microscopes. To observe samples in their natural condition through electron microscopes, often the sample must be frozen at temperatures lower than -150°C . Electrons are then bounced of the surface of the sample to reveal detailed information about its structure.
The images can be seen in person in a number of venues in the UK, including the Cambridge Science Centre and the Eden Project in Cornwall. A full list of venues, including others in Europe and Africa, can be found on the Wellcome Collection’s website.
BBC Medical Correspondent and member of the Wellcome judging panel said: “The Wellcome Image Awards consistently uncover a stunning range of images that not only capture the imagination but help bring complex concepts to life. From otherworldly pictures to intricate close ups, these spectacular images draw you in and tell important stories about medical research today.” Copyright © 2016 WIRED MAGAZINE by Matthew Reynolds
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/07/wellcome-image-awards-2016-winners
GIZMODO: The Best Biomedical Images of the Year Reveal the True Beauty of Biology
http://gizmodo.com/the-best-biomedical-images-of-the-year-reveal-the-true-1763253825
Kim Baxter, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Copyright © 2016 GIZMODO
The TELEGRAPH:
“Zellen, Viren, Knochen und Gehirne: Am 15. März wird der Wellcome Image Award für das beste Wissenschaftsfoto des Jahre vergeben. In der Vorauswahl stehen diese spektakulären 20 Bilder.Diese 20 Bilder wurden von neun Jurymitgliedern der Wellcome-Image-Bilderdatenbank im vergangenen Jahr ausgewählt. Die Preisverleihung findet am 15. März statt. Dann wird auch der Gesamtsieger bekannt gegeben. Wellcome Image ist eine der größten Fotosammlungen und gehört zur Wellcome Library – einer Datenbank für Medizingeschichte. Sie ermöglicht unbeschränkten Zugriff auf Bilder, Illustrationen und Manuskripte. Alljährlich kürt ein Team die besten Wissenschaftsfotos.”
http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article152888678/So-sieht-es-im-Gehirn-eines-Zebrafisches-aus.html
“Den Nerv getroffen: Wellcome Trust hat die informativsten und technisch brillantesten Biomedizin-Fotos des vergangenen Jahres ausgewählt.
Gebloggt von: Boris Müller, 10. März 2016″
http://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/zoom/index.php/72154/kuhherzen-und-leberzellen/
Hard News Australia