Six PULSE Lab abstracts were accepted to SPIE Photonics West, which is taking place place January 25- 30, 2025, and the following work will be presented:
- Arroyo J, Zhang J, Bell MAL, A unified computational and experimental approach to determine laser safety of liver tissue, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 25 January 2025 • 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 160 (Upper Mezz)
- Keene GC, Bell MAL, Assessment of da Vinci tool and wrist rotations that maximize fluence in photoacoustic-guided surgery: a simulation study, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 25 January 2025 • 2:50 PM – 3:10 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 203 (Level 2)
- Folk T, Gubbi MR, Bell MAL, Development of a ROS2-based photoacoustic-robotic visual servoing system, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 25 January 2025 • 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 203 (Level 2)
- Rasquinha RD, Gubbi MR, Bell MAL, Influence of skin tone on target size detectability in photoacoustic breast imaging, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 26 January 2025 • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST | Moscone West, Room 2003 (Level 2)
- Keene GC, Bell MAL, Optimizing light delivery to perform teleoperative photoacoustic-guided hysterectomy, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 27 January 2025 • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 205 (Level 2)
- Venkatayogi N, Wang KC, Bell MAL, Velocity-based filtering approach to photoacoustic-guided hysterectomy demonstrated with a human cadaver, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 28 January 2025 • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 205 (Level 2)

Congratulations to Junior, Gareth, Taylor, Rhea, and Nethra!
In addition to the accepted papers, Rhea Rasquinha will participate in the 3-minute poster competition:
Prof. Bell was invited to speak on recent work from the PULSE Lab:
- Bell MAL, Multispectral photoacoustic imaging for breast cancer detection and hysterectomy guidance, 26 January 2025 • 10:15 AM – 10:40 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 152 (Upper Mezz)
And, Prof. Bell will deliver a lightning talk on leadership at the celebration of Women in Optics event: