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\nAdvanced imaging through optical fibres for cancer detection.<\/strong>\u00a0(L to R) Hair-thin optical fibre with metasurface stack attached to end; Images of oesophageal tissue reconstructed through a 2 m long 500 micron diameter fibre using phase information to improve contrast between healthy and tumour tissue; Low-cost miniaturised capsule endoscope to enable advanced imaging for screening and triage. <\/em><\/p>\n

I am an Associate Professor and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the Optics and Photonics Research Group, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. I lead the OPTIMlab group, a team of 9 researchers working on optics, photonics and medical imaging, specifically developing new types of hair-thin optical endoscopes that improve detection of diseases such as cancer in hard-to-reach areas of the body.\u00a0 Achieving this relies significantly on several areas of research: digital holographic imaging and displays, artificial intelligence, nano-structured optical metasurfaces and clinical studies. Prior to this role, I was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge where I built a fully holographic fibre endoscope and developed low-cost imaging techniques to improve early cancer detection. I received my Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Cambridge on the topic of Wireless and Optical Telecommunications. I am an author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal publications, on topics ranging from optical fibres to nanotechnology to reinforcement learning.\u00a0 Through my research, I have gained proficiency in programming (MATLAB, C\/C++, CUDA, Python), machine learning\/data analysis (Monte-Carlo Bayesian inference through STAN, neural networks using Keras and TensorFlow), and optical design (e.g. digital holography, fibre and free-space optics, ZeMax).<\/p>\n

Recent publicity:<\/b><\/p>\n

George selected as one of ElectroOptics Magazine Photonics100 awardees<\/a>
\nMajor multidisciplinary grant awarded for combining snake-robot with ultrathin imaging for treating bile duct cancer<\/a>
\nSystem for early diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers<\/a>
\nVideo interview for study on aerosol generation during endoscopy<\/a>
\nCancer Research UK Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Innovation Sandpit: Team ReTHOMS<\/a>
\nUKRI Press Release about my Future Leaders Fellowship<\/a>
\nUniversity of Nottingham Press Release about my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship<\/a>
\nArticle in the i about my fellowship<\/a>
\nInterview with AZoOptics about my fibre imaging work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advanced imaging through optical fibres for cancer detection.\u00a0(L to R) Hair-thin optical fibre with metasurface stack attached to end; Images of oesophageal tissue reconstructed through a 2 m long 500 micron diameter fibre using phase information to improve contrast between healthy and tumour tissue; Low-cost miniaturised capsule endoscope to enable advanced imaging for screening and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}