Dr. Steven M. Blair Profile

Dr. Steven M. Blair

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Spectral imaging , Image-guided surgery , Fluorescence imaging , Label-free imaging

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Steven Michael Blair is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He was previously a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois in 2022, a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois in 2018, and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Southern Illinois University in 2016. His research seeks to integrate findings from across the fields of optics, circuits, signal processing, machine learning, and computer vision to advance the standard-of-care for cancer surgery.

SPIE Journal Paper | 20 September 2023 Open Access

Fluorescence-guided surgical system using holographic display: from phantom studies to canine patients

Mebin B. George, Benjamin Lew, Zuodong Liang, Steven Blair, Zhongmin Zhu, Nan Cui, Jamie Ludwig, Mohamed Zayed, Laura Selmic, Viktor Gruev

JBO, Vol. 28, Issue 09, 096003, (September 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.28.9.096003

KEYWORDS: Holographic displays, Surgery, Holograms, Tumors, Fluorescence, Near infrared, Holography, Goggles, Cancer, Calibration

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 May 2023 Open Access

Bioinspired color-near infrared endoscopic imaging system for molecular guided cancer surgery

Mebin B. George, Benjamin Lew, Steven Blair, Zhongmin Zhu, Zuodong Liang, Indrajit Srivastava, Austin Chang, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon Kim, Shuming Nie, Sunil Singhal, Viktor Gruev

JBO, Vol. 28, Issue 05, 056002, (May 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.28.5.056002

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Tumors, Imaging systems, Endoscopy, Endoscopes, Fluorescence, Cancer detection, Surgery, Light sources and illumination, Spatial resolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 September 2022 Open Access

Decoupling channel count from field of view and spatial resolution in single-sensor imaging systems for fluorescence image-guided surgery

Steven Blair, Missael Garcia, Zhongmin Zhu, Zuodong Liang, Benjamin Lew, Mebin George, Borislav Kondov, Sinisa Stojanoski, Magdalena Bogdanovska Todorovska, Daniela Miladinova, Goran Kondov, Viktor Gruev

JBO, Vol. 27, Issue 09, 096006, (September 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.27.9.096006

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spatial resolution, Image sensors, Imaging systems, Near infrared, Cameras, Surgery, Image-guided intervention, Photodiodes, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2021 Presentation + Paper

An 18-band snapshot hyperspectral imaging system for sentinel lymph node dissection with multiple near-infrared fluorophores

Steven Blair, Missael Garcia, Tyler Davis, Risto Colanceski, Imran Ferati, Borislav Kondov, Sinisa Stojanovski, Magdalena Bogdanovska Todorovska, Natasha Toleska Dimitrovska, Nexhat Jakupi, Daniela Miladinova, Gordana Petrusevska, Goran Kondov, Viktor Gruev

Proceedings Volume 11625, 116250E (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578534

KEYWORDS: Lymphatic system, Indocyanine green, Imaging spectroscopy, Luminescence, Imaging systems, Biopsy, Associative arrays, Surgery, Solids, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 10 March 2020 Presentation

A backside-illuminated low-noise multispectral imager for near-infrared fluorescence image-guided surgery (Conference Presentation)

Steven Blair, Amit Deliwala, Eric Chen, Sailesh Subashbabu, Anthony Li, Mebin George, Missael Garcia, Nan Cui, Viktor Gruev

Proceedings Volume 11222, 112220A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545389

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Multispectral imaging, Luminescence, Image-guided intervention, Quantum efficiency, Image sensors, Tissues, CMOS sensors, Target detection, Biomedical optics

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Paper

A 27-band snapshot hyperspectral imaging system for label-free tumor detection during image-guided surgery

Steven Blair, Missael Garcia, Christian Konopka, Lawrence Dobrucki, Viktor Gruev

Proceedings Volume 10890, 108900G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508944

KEYWORDS: Spectral imaging cameras, Cancer, Prostate cancer, Surgery, Preclinical imaging, Tissues, Photodiodes, Imaging systems, Hyperspectral imaging, Tumors, Quantum efficiency, Optical filters, Cameras, Image sensors, Interference filters

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Presentation + Paper

Biologically inspired imaging sensors for multi-spectral and polarization imagery

Missael Garcia, Tyler Davis, Radoslav Marinov, Steven Blair, Viktor Gruev

Proceedings Volume 10655, 106550C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2305119

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Optical sensors, Photodiodes, Imaging systems, Biomimetics, Optical filters, Sensors, Nanowires, Image filtering, Silicon

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