{"id":3135,"date":"2020-05-08T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/?page_id=3135"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:42:17","slug":"core-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/core-facility\/core-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Optical Instrument Design Services<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/HBL5-8mm-Half-Ball-Lens-Fiber-to-Detector-Coupler-ASSEMBLY-v1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-3303 size-thumbnail alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/HBL5-8mm-Half-Ball-Lens-Fiber-to-Detector-Coupler-ASSEMBLY-v1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/HBL5-8mm-Half-Ball-Lens-Fiber-to-Detector-Coupler-ASSEMBLY-v1-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/HBL5-8mm-Half-Ball-Lens-Fiber-to-Detector-Coupler-ASSEMBLY-v1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/IntegrationSphere-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3308 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/IntegrationSphere-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/IntegrationSphere-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3305 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3309 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-1-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/files\/2020\/06\/preview-lightbox-image-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Optical Instrument Design Services (OIDS) offers research affiliates contract based assistance in the design, fabrication and optimization of optics related instruments. We have worked with multiple groups across campus in building microscopes that advances research in neuroscience. Some of these systems include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>Polarization Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Two Photon Microscope with Extended Foci<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Wearable Miniature Microscopes<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Splayed Fiber Microscopes<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Optical Coherence Tomography with Serial Sectioning for Large Tissue Block-face Imaging<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Large Field of View, Multi-ROI Two Photon Microscope<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>If you need assistance in &#8230;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>Electro-Optics and Opto-mechanical Design<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Optical Design and Optical Simulation (ZEMAX)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Sequential and Non-sequential optical ray tracing<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>LabVIEW Software Programming<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please feel free to contact us.\u00a0We also have experience and can offer assistance with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) microscopes such as Thorlabs and Bruker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:parya@bu.eu\">Parya Farzam.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Animal Model Assistance<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">NPC research team could also provide training and assistance to the research affiliate or collaborate in surgical preparation of chronic mouse cranial window with round glass cover slips or curved crystal skull for imaging with OCT, 2-photon and Fluorescent Microscopy, or a variety of surgical procedure with PMP(Polymethylpentene) material which is Ultrasound compatible for chronicle neurovascular imaging. Currently, these mouse models have been used successfully at the center.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>For more information contact\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/span><a href=\"mailto:parya@bu.eu\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parya Farzam.<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Microscope Imaging Assistance<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"Optical\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h5><b><span lang=\"EN\">Optical Coherence Tomography<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span>We can\u00a0assist to operate OCT system, including conventional OCT, OCT angiogram and doppler shift OCT, \u00a0how to process acquired OCT data, we can<\/span><span>\u00a0discuss which parameters you should use for your application, such as numerical aperture, resolution, pixel size, etc.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>And also we can integrate a sectioning device with OCT to perform serial sectioning imaging.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>For more information contact\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"mailto:parya@bu.eu\">Parya Farzam.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><b><span lang=\"EN\">2 Photon\u00a0Microscopy<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BU NPC offers training and assistance for the use of our Bruker Investigator 2-Photon Microscope. All users are required to schedule and attend a training session regardless of previous experience prior to being able to schedule their own time. After, additional training and troubleshooting can be scheduled as needed based on the availability of NPC members. This ranges from basic troubleshooting of scanning issues to experimental setup and procedure<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>Training Available:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overview of two-photon fundamentals<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training in use of Bruker Investigator 2P<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angiography<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calcium Imaging<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FLIM\/PLIM Acquisition<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong>2-Photon Key Features:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunable Laser source (680-1200 nm)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-Channel Fluorescence imaging with swappable filter sets<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resonant scanning module for video rate imaging<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TCSPC module for FLIM\/PLIM Applications<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>For more information contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:parya@bu.eu\">Parya Farzam.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><b><span lang=\"EN\">Speckle \/\u00a0<\/span>Spectral\/ SFDI Imaging<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BU NPC offers training and assistance for the use of our SFDI Imaging. All users are required to schedule and attend a training session regardless of previous experience prior to being able to schedule their own time. After, additional training and troubleshooting can be scheduled as needed based on the availability of NPC members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>For more information contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:parya@bu.eu\">Parya Farzam.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16618,"featured_media":0,"parent":3095,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3135"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135\/revisions\/7818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}