Kazuhiro Kurokawa (Computational Optics Group in the University of Tsukuba) was chosen as the best presenter and received Pascal Rol Award at Photonics West in January, 2009.
Pascal Rol Award was established for the promotion of ophthalmic technologies in the memory of Pascal Rol (University Eye Clinic, Zurich). This Pascal Rol Award is given to the best presented ophthalmic engineer at Photonics West.
Kurokawa was the one who gained acceptance with his research "one-micrometer wavelength adaptive optics scanning laser opthalmoscope."
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