<a href="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/shuliang-jiao1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3437" alt="shuliang-jiao" src="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/shuliang-jiao1.jpg" width="200" height="300" /></a>Dr. Shuliang Jiao Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering was awarded United States Patent No. 8,641,193 B2 for his development of a method for imaging the earliest signs of glaucoma, so may allow early treatment to save vision.

The system, which he explains “provides a method of analyzing a retina comprising applying both visible and NIR light to a retina.” We congratulate Dr. Jiao on reaching this milestone in his research efforts.

<a href="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/US-patent-8641193.pdf">“SPECTRAL CONTRAST FOR GLAUCOMA IMAGING”, U.S. Patent US 8,641,193 B2.</a>

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