Hybrid Optical and Optoacoustic Endoscope for Esophageal Tracking

Andersen, Peter E. (PI)

Department of Health Technology

Acronym	ESOTRAC
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	01/01/2017 → 31/12/2021

Collaborative partners

Technical University of Denmark
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (lead)
University of Cambridge (Project partner)
Sonaxis S.A. (Project partner)
Medical University of Vienna (Project partner)
RayFos Ltd. (Project partner)
Ascenion GmbH (Project partner)
Amplitude Systemes (Project partner)
Statice SAS (Project partner)

Keywords

cancer
esophageal
optical coherence tomography
opto-acoustic tomography
lasers

Access Project

ESOTRAC, a 5-year research program bringing together engineers and physicians, aims to significantly improve the detection of early-stage esophageal cancer. The interdisciplinary, 5-country research team will develop an innovative endoscope that combines sensing of pathophysiological tissue signatures resolved by multi-spectral optoacoustic (photoacoustic) tomography (MSOT) with morphological disease signatures provided by optical coherence tomography (OCT).