Andrea Curatolo, PhD
University Degree:
PhD, The University of Western Australia
Position at ICTER:
Former Group Leader
Research Areas:
Biomedical Imaging
E-mail:
acuratolo@ichf.edu.pl
Researcher's ORCID Id:
0000-0001-6855-0074 (opens in new tab)
Description
Andrea Curatolo is an expert in biomedical imaging, especially in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and derived techniques to enhance diagnostic accuracy and guide surgery, aimed at improved health outcomes, mainly in ophthalmology and oncology. Dr Curatolo obtained a PhD in biophotonics at The University of Western Australia.
He is an author of more than 30 publications in Q1 peer-reviewed international journals, including three book chapters. He is also involved in the clinical translation and commercialization of biophotonics technologies; he has authored several patent applications, and he is engaged in collaborations with MedTech startups.
Publication list
- „Photopic flicker optoretinography captures the light-driven length modulation of photoreceptors during phototransduction”. S. Tomczewski, A. Curatolo, A. Foik, P. Węgrzyn, B. Bałamut, M. Wielgo, W. Kulesza, A. Galińska, K. Kordecka, S. Gulati, H. Fernandes, K. Palczewski, M. Wojtkowski (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.2421722122 (opens in new tab)
- „In vivo volumetric analysis of retinal vascular hemodynamics in mice with spatio-temporal optical coherence tomography”. Piotr Węgrzyn, Wiktor Kulesza, Maciej Wielgo, Sławomir Tomczewski, Anna Galińska, Bartłomiej Bałamut, Katarzyna Kordecka, Onur Cetinkaya, Andrzej Foik, Robert J. Zawadzki, Dawid Borycki, Maciej Wojtkowski, Andrea Curatolo (2024). STAR Protocols 10.1117/1.NPh.11.4.045003 (opens in new tab)
- „Chirped flicker optoretinography for in vivo characterization of human photoreceptors’ frequency response to light”. Sławomir Tomczewski, Piotr Węgrzyn, Maciej Wojtkowski, Andrea Curatolo. (2024). Optics Letters 10.1364/OL.514637 (opens in new tab)
- „Long-range frequency-domain optical delay line based on a spinning tilted mirror for low-cost ocular biometry”. María Pilar Urizar, Enrique Gambra, Alberto de Castro, Álvaro de la Peña, Daniel Pascual, Onur Cetinkaya, Susana Marcos, and Andrea Curatolo (2023). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.501889 (opens in new tab)
- „Optical beam scanner with reconfigurable non-mechanical control of beam position, angle, and focus for low-cost whole-eye OCT imaging”. María Pilar Urizar, Enrique Gambra, Alberto de Castro, Álvaro de la Peña, Onur Cetinkaya, Susana Marcos, and Andrea Curatolo (2023). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.493917 (opens in new tab)
- „Flicker optoretinography (f-ORG) with chirped frequency stimulus for retinal tissue characterisation”. M. Wojtkowski, S. Tomczewski, P. Węgrzyn, and A. Curatolo (2023). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/BODA.2023.JTu4B.5 (opens in new tab)
- „Spatio-temporal optical coherence tomography (STOC-T) for high-resolution imaging of the human and mouse retina in vivo”. D. Borycki, P. Węgrzyn, A. Egidijus, W. Kulesza, S. Tomczewski, A. Curatolo, and M. Wojtkowski, (2023). 10.1364/BODA.2023.DTh2A.2 (opens in new tab)
- „A low-cost, non-mechanical optical beam scanner: experimental proof-of-concept for whole-eye OCT imaging”. M. P. Urizar, Á. de la Peña, E. Gambra, A. de Castro, S. Marcos, and A. Curatolo (2023). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/BODA.2023.DTh2A.4 (opens in new tab)
- „Clinical prototype of multi-spot air-puff OCT for assessment of corneal biomechanical asymmetry”. K. Karnowski, J. Milkiewicz, A. Pachacz, A. Curatolo, O. Cetinkaya, R. Pietruch, A. Consejo, M. Bartuzel, A. Eliasy, A. Abass, A. Elsheikh, S. Marcos, and M. Wojtkowski (2023). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/BODA.2023.DTh2A.1 (opens in new tab)
- „Improved tool tracking algorithm for eye surgery based on combined color space masks”. K. Gromada, B. Piotrowski, P. Ciąćka, A. Kurek, and A. Curatolo (2023). 10.1117/12.2654602 (opens in new tab)
- „Spatio-temporal optical coherence tomography (STOC-T) focal plane adjustment in the mouse retina aided by a fundus camera”. W. Kulesza, K. Łuczkiewicz, P. Węgrzyn, S. Tomczewski, D. Borycki, P. Ciąćka, O. Cetinkaya, M. Wielgo, K. Kordecka, A. Galińska, E. Auksorius, A. Foik, R. Zawadzki, M. Wojtkowski, and A. Curatolo (2023). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2652956 (opens in new tab)
- „Long-range frequency-domain optical delay line based on a spinning tilted mirror for low-cost ocular biometry”. M. P. Urizar, A. de Castro, E. Gambra, Á. de la Peña, O. Cetinkaya, S. Marcos, and A. Curatolo (2023). SPIE BiOS 10.1117/12.2652952 (opens in new tab)
- „Frequency characterization of human photoreceptors’ response to light with the use of chirped flicker stimulus optoretinography”. S. Tomczewski, P. Wegrzyn, D. Borycki, M. Wielgo, A. Curatolo, and M. Wojtkowski (2023). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2649632 (opens in new tab)
- „High-speed, in vivo, volumetric imaging of mouse retinal tissue with spatio-temporal optical coherence tomography (STOC-T)”. P. Wegrzyn, S. Tomczewski, D. Borycki, W. Kulesza, M. Wielgo, K. Kordecka, A. Galińska, O. Cetinkaya, P. Ciąćka, E. Auksorius, A. Foik, R. Zawadzki, M. Wojtkowski, and A. Curatolo (2023). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2648893 (opens in new tab)
- „Intraoperative ophthalmic OCT system tracking surgical tools at 200 Hz”. P. Ciąćka, K. Karnowski, and A. Curatolo (2023). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2649761 (opens in new tab)
- „Low-resource and cost-effective camera-based optical palpation for breast cancer detection and burn scar assessment”. Q. Fang, R. Sanderson, S. Choi, A. Taba, A. Curatolo, D. Lakhiani, R. Zilkens, K. Newman, B. Dessauvagie, H. DeJong, F. Wood, C. Saunders, and B. Kennedy (2023). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2650883 (opens in new tab)
- „Estimation of the full shape of the crystalline lens in-vivo from OCT images using eigenlenses”. E. Martínez-Enríquez, A. Curatolo, A. de Castro, J. S. Birkenfeld, A. M. González, A. Mohamed, M. Ruggeri, F. Manns, Z. Fernando, and S. Marcos (2023). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.477557 (opens in new tab)
- „Co-axial acoustic-based optical coherence vibrometry probe for the quantification of resonance frequency modes in ocular tissue”. R. McAuley, A. Nolan, A. Curatolo, S. Alexandrov, F. Zvietcovich, A. Varea Bejar, S. Marcos, M. Leahy, and J. S. Birkenfeld (2022). Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-022-21978-8 (opens in new tab)
- „Functional and Structural Imaging of Retinal Tissue with Spatio-Temporal Optical Coherence Tomography (STOC-T)”. P. Węgrzyn, D. Borycki, S. Tomczewski, K. Liżewski, E. Auksorius, A. Curatolo, and M. Wojtkowski (2022). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/FIO.2022.FW7D.2 (opens in new tab)
- „Design of a low-cost, versatile, whole-eye scanner for optical coherence tomography”. M. P. Urizar, A. de Castro, E. Gambra, O. Cetinkaya, S. Marcos, and A. Curatolo (2022). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/OCT.2022.CS2E.5 (opens in new tab)
- „Hysteresis in vibrational resonance modes of model corneas measured with Optical Coherence Tomography Vibrography utilizing a co-axial acoustic stimulation technique and pre-compensation”. R. McAuley, A. Nolan, A. Curatolo, S. Alexandrov, F. Zvietcovich, A. Varea, S. Marcos, J. S. Birkenfeld, and M. Leahy (2022). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/OCT.2022.CTu4E.4 (opens in new tab)
- „In vivo frequency characterization of human photoreceptors response to a flicker stimulus with optoretinography”. S. Tomczewski, P. Wegrzyn, D. Borycki, A. Curatolo, and M. Wojtkowski (2022). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/OCT.2022.CS3E.1 (opens in new tab)
- „Simultaneous multi-spot OCT measurements of air induced corneal deformations”. K. Karnowski, J. Milkiewicz, A. Pachacz, A. Curatolo, O. Cetinkaya, R. Pietruch, A. Consejo, M. M. Bartuzel, P. Ciąćka, A. Eliasy, A. Abass, A. Elsheikh, S. Marcos, and M. Wojtkowski (2022). Technical Digest Series 10.1364/OCT.2022.CW3E.3 (opens in new tab)
- „Light-adapted flicker optoretinograms captured with a spatio-temporal optical coherence-tomography (STOC-T) system”. Sławomir Tomczewski, Piotr Wegrzyn, Dawid Borycki, Egidijus. Auksorius, Maciej Wojtkowski, Andrea Curatolo (2022). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.444567 (opens in new tab)
- „A novel co-axial and acoustic pre-compensation approach for tissue excitation in optical coherence tomography vibrography”. R. McAuley, A. Nolan, A. Curatolo, S. Alexandrov, S. Marcos, M. Leahy, and J. Birkenfeld (2022). SPIE BiOS https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/PC11962/0000/A-novel-co-axial-and-acoustic-pre-compensation-approach-for/10.1117/12.2610707.full (opens in new tab)
- „Corneal biomechanical parameters of keratoconus patients from cross-meridian air-puff deformation optical coherence tomography and finite element modeling”. J. Birkenfeld, A. Curatolo, A. Eliasy, E. Martinez-Enriquez, A. Varea, A. M. Gonzalez Ramos, A. Abass, B. Lopes Teixeira, J. Merayo-Lloves, A. Elsheikh, and S. Marcos (2022). SPIE Proceedings https://journals.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/0/PC119620/Corneal-biomechanical-parameters-of-keratoconus-patients-from-cross-meridian-air/10.1117/12.2609816.short (opens in new tab)
- „Towards spatially mapped frequency response of human photoreceptor length variation with flicker optoretinography”. A. Curatolo, S. Tomczewski, P. Wegrzyn, D. Borycki, E. Auksorius, and M. Wojtkowski, (2022). SPIE Proceedings 10.1117/12.2609513 (opens in new tab)
- „Estimation of scleral mechanical properties from air-puff optical coherence tomography”. David Bronte-Ciriza, Judith S. Birkenfeld, Andres de la Hoz, Andrea Curatolo, James A. Germann, Lupe Villegas, Alejandra Varea, Eduardo Martinez-Enriquez, and Susana Marcos (2021). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.437981 (opens in new tab)
- „Smartphone-based optical palpation: towards elastography of skin for telehealth applications”. Rowan W. Sanderson, Qi Fang, Andrea Curatolo, Aiden Taba, Helen M. DeJong, Fiona M. Wood, and Brendan F. Kennedy (2021). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.424567 (opens in new tab)
- „Improved detection of corneal deformation asymmetries in keratoconus patients using multi-meridian deformation imaging”. Judith S. Birkenfeld; Andrea Curatolo; Ashkan Eliasy; Eduardo Martinez-Enriquez; Alejandra Varea; Ana Gonzalez-Ramos; Ahmed Abass; Bernardo Teixeira Lopes; Jesus Merayo-Lloves; Ahmed Elsheikh; Susana Marcos (2021). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2773726 (opens in new tab)
- „Applications of the ImTOPScanner for the investigation of ocular biomechanical parameters”. J. Birkenfeld, A. Abass, S. Alexandrov, D. Bronte-Ciriza, A. Curatolo, A. Eliasy, J. German, A. Ramos, A. de la Hoz, K. Karnowski, B. L. Teixeira, E. Martinez-Enriquez, R. McAuley, A. Nolan, J. Solarski, A. Varea, L. Villegas, A. Elsheikh, M. Leahy, J. Merayo-Lloves, M. Wojtkowski, and S. Marcos (2020). XIII Spanish National Meeting on Optics, Sedoptica https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3141961 (opens in new tab)
- „Optical Coherence Elastography Imaging Probes”. R. W. Sanderson, Q. Fang, A. Curatolo, and B. F. Kennedy (2020). SPIE Proceedings 10.1063/9780735423664_010 (opens in new tab)
- „High-frame rate multi-meridian corneal imaging of air-puff induced deformation for improved detection of keratoconus”. Curatolo, A., Birkenfeld, J. S., Martinez-Enriquez, E., Germann, J., Eliasy, A., Abass, A., Solarski, J., Karnowski, K., Wojtkowski, M., Elsheikh, A., and Marcos, S. (2020). Industrialization Potential of Optics in Biomedicine i-POB https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3103534 (opens in new tab)
- „Multi-meridian corneal imaging of air-puff induced deformation for improved detection of biomechanical abnormalities”. Andrea Curatolo, Judith S. Birkenfeld, Eduardo Martinez-Enriquez, James A. Germann, Geethika Muralidharan, Jesús Palací, Daniel Pascual, Ashkan Eliasy, Ahmed Abass, Jędrzej Solarski, Karol Karnowski, Maciej Wojtkowski, Ahmed Elsheikh, and Susana Marcos (2020). Biomedical Optics Express 10.1364/BOE.402402 (opens in new tab)
Research projects
Research groups
Image-guided Devices for Ophthalmic Care
Research Group Leader
Karol Karnowski
Coordinator
Dominika Życka-Malesa
We seek to research novel techniques and develop instrumentation to address unanswered questions in vision science and unmet needs in ophthalmology and optometry.
