Optical Coherence Tomography-History, Evolution, and Future Prospects: 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

James G Fujimoto; Eric A Swanson; David Huang

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.16942

Optical Coherence Tomography-History, Evolution, and Future Prospects: 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

JAMA. 2023 Oct 17;330(15):1427-1428. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16942.

Authors

James G Fujimoto¹, Eric A Swanson², David Huang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
² Affiliate of the Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
³ Casey Eye Institute, Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.

PMID: 37732826
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.16942

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Plain language summary

In this Viewpoint, 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award winners James G. Fujimoto, David Huang, and Eric A. Swanson discuss their invention—optical coherence tomography, which allows rapid detection of diseases of the retina that impair vision.

MeSH terms

Awards and Prizes*
Biomedical Research* / history
Forecasting
Tomography, Optical Coherence* / history
Tomography, Optical Coherence* / trends
United States