Conference presentations, laboratory events, and activity photos will be posted by academic year.
An interview with Associate Professor Toshihiro Takamatsu has been published in the interview and column section of LINK-J.
The article introduces the development of laparoscopic surgical support technology using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging, collaboration with clinical partners, and prospects for clinical implementation and commercialization.
We participated in the 34th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES 2026), held in Athens, Greece, and presented our research on near-infrared imaging laparoscopes.
On June 23, in the “Amazing Technologies” session, Dr. Okamoto delivered an oral presentation titled “Development of a Laparoscopic Real-Time NIR Hyperspectral Imaging for Deep Structure Navigation” (T. Takamatsu, Y. Echigo, M. Ogata, N. Okamoto, H. Takemura).
In the e-poster session, Masahiro Ogata, an M2 student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, presented “In vivo organ classification using a near-infrared multispectral imaging laparoscope with high-power LEDs” (M. Ogata, Y. Echigo, S. Hayashi, N. Okamoto, T. Takamatsu, H. Takemura). On June 25, we also joined the Social event and enjoyed exchanges with physicians, company representatives, and researchers from abroad.
On June 13, 2026, Associate Professor Toshihiro Takamatsu was accepted into the Business Planning (BP) Course of the Research Studio GET Program 2026 at the BP Course selection event held at Nihonbashi Life Science Hub.
At the selection event, he presented a business concept for surgical navigation technology using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging. Through the BP Course, we will further develop the business plan toward future implementation in clinical settings.
We participated in the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan in Fukui. On June 10, Yuichi Echigo, an M1 student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, presented our research on near-infrared spectroscopic imaging endoscopy.
After the meeting, we had a discussion and reception with Dr. Kutsumi from Fukui Rehabilitation Hospital and Prof. Okino from Institute of Science Tokyo, exchanging ideas on future research directions and medical applications.
