MONTREAL, CANADA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 29, 2007 -- ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (“ART”)(TSX: ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, is pleased to announce that Applied Optics, a peer-reviewed, widely distributed publication of the Optical Society of America, has published two articles by ART research teams working on the optimization of the eXplore Optix™ device, in the April 1, 2007 issue.