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12 October 2017 Challenges in translation: models to promote translation
Jürgen Popp, Dennis Matthews, Alfredo Martinez-Coll, Thomas Mayerhöfer, Brian C. Wilson
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Abstract
We first discuss the main obstacles for clinical translation of biophotonics technologies, in particular, the different valleys of death, after which we present different examples of ways to bridge these gaps, remove the obstacles, and promote clinical translation.
© 2017 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Jürgen Popp, Dennis Matthews, Alfredo Martinez-Coll, Thomas Mayerhöfer, and Brian C. Wilson "Challenges in translation: models to promote translation," Journal of Biomedical Optics 23(2), 021101 (12 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.2.021101
Received: 15 July 2017; Accepted: 21 September 2017; Published: 12 October 2017
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KEYWORDS
Biomedical optics

Optical coherence tomography

Clinical trials

Medical research

Safety

Diagnostics

Prototyping

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