--- title: "Accelerating Surgical Imaging: Webinar with Blaze Bioscience" description: Discover how Blaze Biosciences accelerated product development for fluorescence-guided surgery with QUEL's optical tissue phantoms and benchmarking tools. image: https://blog.quelimaging.com/hubfs/FF8FA85E-C2FC-44F9-B4EE-0A50A3ACC031.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507#main-content) [![QUEL_web_logo-1](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hs-fs/hubfs/QUEL_web_logo-1.png?width=320&height=120&name=QUEL_web_logo-1.png)](https://shop.quelimaging.com/) - [Home](https://www.quelimaging.com/) - [Products](https://shop.quelimaging.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.quelimaging.com/) - [News](https://www.quelimaging.com/news) - [About](https://www.quelimaging.com/about) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.quelimaging.com/) - [Products](https://shop.quelimaging.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.quelimaging.com/) - [News](https://www.quelimaging.com/news) - [About](https://www.quelimaging.com/about) - [Contact us](https://share.hsforms.com/1qlwaYoKVQvGnvWZt0GNGagcxyzv) [Contact us](https://share.hsforms.com/1qlwaYoKVQvGnvWZt0GNGagcxyzv) ### View of Field Aug 1, 2025 4:00:00 AM # Accelerating Surgical Imaging: Webinar with Blaze Bioscience ![Picture of The QUEL Team](https://blog.quelimaging.com/hs-fs/hubfs/QUEL_Q.png?width=50&name=QUEL_Q.png) [The QUEL Team](https://blog.quelimaging.com/author/quel) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://blog.quelimaging.com/blaze-webinar-202507) [Blaze Bioscience](https://www.blazebioscience.com/technology) is developing a real-time surgical imaging system that highlights [tozuleristide](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8355837/#:~:text=BLZ%2D100%20(tozuleristide)%20is%20an%20intraoperative%20fluorescent%20imaging,used%20in%20real%20time%20to%20guide%20tumor) localized to breast cancer lesions during breast-conserving cancer resection surgery.  In this webinar from [optics.org](https://optics.org/), the panelists discuss with QUEL how custom optical tissue phantoms and benchmarking tools were critical in: - Develop tools for benchmarking prototypes and optimizing device performance - Develop Verification and Validation (V&V) procedures - Producing manufacturing tooling for quality control of assembled systems - Compare the performance of their system to other competitive systems in the fluorescence guided surgery space. The result - Blaze Biosciences was able to get a product through to clinical trials faster than ever before.  --- Watch now and learn how Blaze and QUEL's partnership delivered an impactful medical device to the clinic.   ## About the Speakers:  - **Steven Daly**, CEO, Blaze Bioscience - **David Kittle, PhD**, DK Biophotonics - **Alberto Ruiz, PhD**, CTO, QUEL Imaging - Moderated by **Ethan LaRochelle, PhD**, CEO, QUEL Imaging   --- ## Let us help your team move faster QUEL Imaging partners with product development teams at all phases for development to launch reliable, high performance medical devices into clinical practice.  Our team can help you by: - Custom optical phantom development - Consulting on 510(k) data collection strategies - Fluorophore characterization and comparison - Support technical design efforts - Provide letters of support for funding applications - And more! 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