Determination of penetration profiles of topically applied substances by means of tape stripping and optical spectroscopy: UV filter substance in sunscreens.

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been recently demonstrated to enhance apoptosis of glial cells induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT), but to protect glial cells from PDT-induced necrosis in the crayfish stretch receptor, a simple neuroglial preparation that consists of a single mechanosensory neuron enveloped by satellite glial...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kovaleva VD,Uzdensky AB

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advance of computer and photonics technology, imaging photoplethysmography [(PPG), iPPG] can provide comfortable and comprehensive assessment over a wide range of anatomical locations. However, motion artifact is a major drawback in current iPPG systems, particularly in the context of clinical assessment. To ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sun Y,Hu S,Azorin-Peris V,Greenwald S,Chambers J,Zhu Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is proposed for determining the glucose concentration on the human fingertip by extracting two optical parameters, namely the optical rotation angle and the depolarization index, using a Mueller optical coherence tomography technique and a genetic algorithm. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Chen TL,Lo YL,Liao CC,Phan QH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging offers a new approach for characterizing atherosclerotic plaque, but random catheter positioning within the vessel lumen results in variable light attenuation and can yield inaccurate measurements. We hypothesized that NIRF measurements could be corrected for var...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Dixon AJ,Hossack JA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of neuronal wiring and morphogenesis in Drosophila is essential to understand brain function and dysfunction. The immunoenzyme method based on horseradish peroxidase/diaminobenzidine (HRP/DAB) provides high-contrast images to resolve details underlying neuronal architecture. However, the poor staining penetr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tian Q,Yuan J,Li Y,Jiang T,Gong H,Zhou W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an accurate optical differentiation technique between healthy and malaria-infected erythrocytes by quasi-simultaneous measurements of transmittance, reflectance, and scattering properties of unstained blood smears using a multispectral and multimode light-emitting diode microscope. We propose a technique for...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Merdasa A,Brydegaard M,Svanberg S,Zoueu JT

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of ocular diseases are associated with abnormalities in ocular circulation. As such, there is considerable interest in techniques for quantifying retinal blood flow, among which Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be the most promising. We present an approach to measure retinal blood flow in ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Werkmeister RM,Vietauer M,Knopf C,Fürnsinn C,Leitgeb RA,Reitsamer H,Gröschl M,Garhöfer G,Vilser W,Schmetterer L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emergent imaging tool used for noninvasive diagnosis of skin diseases. The present meta-analysis was carried out to assess the accuracy of OCT for the diagnosis of skin cancer. We conducted a systematic literature search though EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Xiong YQ,Mo Y,Wen YQ,Cheng MJ,Huo ST,Chen XJ,Chen Q

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical spectroscopy has shown potential as a real-time, in vivo, diagnostic tool for identifying neoplasia during endoscopy. We present the development of a diagnostic algorithm to classify elastic-scattering spectroscopy (ESS) spectra as either neoplastic or non-neoplastic. The algorithm is based on pattern recognit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rodriguez-Diaz E,Castanon DA,Singh SK,Bigio IJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics of optical tweezers (OT)-induced spontaneous aggregation and disaggregation of red blood cells (RBCs) were studied at the level of cell doublets to assess RBC interaction mechanics. Measurements were performed under in vitro conditions in plasma and fibrinogen and fibrinogen + albumin solutions. The RBC spont...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee K,Kinnunen M,Khokhlova MD,Lyubin EV,Priezzhev AV,Meglinski I,Fedyanin AA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, simple, high-speed, and hardware-only integration-based fluorescence-lifetime-sensing algorithm using a center-of-mass method (CMM) is proposed to implement lifetime calculations, and its signal-to-noise-ratio based on statistics theory is also deduced. Compared to the commonly used iterative least-squares meth...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li DU,Rae B,Andrews R,Arlt J,Henderson R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amblyopia is a form of visual impairment caused by ocular misalignment (strabismus) or defocus in an otherwise healthy eye. If detected early, the condition can be fully treated, yet over half of all children with amblyopia under age 5 escape detection. We developed a Pediatric Vision Screener (PVS) to detect amblyopi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nassif DS,Piskun NV,Gramatikov BI,Guyton DL,Hunter DG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence spectroscopy has been widely investigated as a technique for identifying pathological tissue; however, unrelated subject-to-subject variations in spectra complicate data analysis and interpretation. We describe and evaluate a new biosensing technique, differential laser-induced perturbation spectroscopy (...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kozikowski RT,Smith SE,Lee JA,Castleman WL,Sorg BS,Hahn DW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse near-infrared tomography of tissue reveals scattering changes that originate from the submicroscopic features of the tissue; yet the existing tools to use this information to predict which features contribute to the scattering spectrum are limited by the lack of direct data quantifying the particle sizes. Brea...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bartek M,Wang X,Wells W,Paulsen KD,Pogue BW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infrared and Raman spectroscopy of bone and teeth tissues are reviewed. Characteristic spectra are obtained for both the mineral and protein components of these tissues. Vibrational spectroscopy is used to study the mineralization process, to define the chemical structure changes accompanying bone diseases, and to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Carden A,Morris MD

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption of filter substances in sunscreens, reducing the incident ultraviolet (UV) radiation, is the basis for the protecting ability of such formulations. The erythema-correlated sun protection factor (SPF), depending mainly on the intensity of the UVB radiation, is the common value to quantify the efficacy of...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigmann HJ,Schanzer S,Antoniou C,Sterry W,Lademann J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is an emerging surgical technique for the restoration of corneal clarity and vision acuity. The big-bubble technique in DALK surgery is the most essential procedure that includes the air injection through a thin syringe needle to separate the dysfunctional region of the corne...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Shin S,Bae JK,Ahn Y,Kim H,Choi G,Yoo YS,Joo CK,Moon S,Jung W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The earliest steps of breast cancer begin with aberrations in mammary ductal structure. Techniques that enable an investigator to image in situ and then analyze the same tissue using biochemical tools facilitates identification of genetic networks and signaling pathways active in the imaged structure. Cellular confoca...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Parrish A,Halama E,Tilli MT,Freedman M,Furth PA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental metastability of zirconia (ZrO2) ceramic in the human body [represented by a tetragonal-to-monoclinic (t→m) phase transformation] takes place on the surface of the artificial joint and proceeds with time toward its interior. Its quantitative characterization is mandatory for the safety of joint implants ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu W,Sugano N,Pezzotti G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Photothermal optical coherence tomography (PT-OCT) has the promise to offer structural images coregistered with chemical composition information, which can offer a significant impact in early detection of diseases such as atherosclerosis. AIM:We take the first step in understanding the relation between PT...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Salimi M,Villiger M,Tabatabaei N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin is a commonly used chemotherapeutic employed to treat multiple human cancers, including numerous sarcomas and carcinomas. Furthermore, doxorubicin possesses strong fluorescent properties that make it an ideal reagent for modeling drug delivery by examining its distribution in cells and tissues. However, wh...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Carlson M,Watson AL,Anderson L,Largaespada DA,Provenzano PP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We interrogate the ability of free-space fluorescence tomography to image small animals in vivo using charge-coupled device (CCD) camera measurements over 360-deg noncontact projections. We demonstrate the performance of normalized dual-wavelength measurements that are essential for in-vivo use, as they account for th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Deliolanis NC,Dunham J,Wurdinger T,Figueiredo JL,Tannous BA,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce the application of functional data analysis (fDA) on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals for the development of an accurate and clinically practical assessment method of pain perception. We used the cold pressor test to induce different levels of pain in healthy subjects while the fNIRS ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pourshoghi A,Zakeri I,Pourrezaei K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For clinical optoacoustic imaging, linear probes are preferably used because they allow versatile imaging of the human body with real-time display and free-hand probe guidance. The two-dimensional (2-D) optoacoustic image obtained with this type of probe is generally interpreted as a 2-D cross-section of the tissue ju...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Preisser S,Bush NL,Gertsch-Grover AG,Peeters S,Bailey AE,Bamber JC,Frenz M,Jaeger M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reflectance volume holographic imaging (VHI) endoscope has been designed for simultaneous in vivo imaging of surface and subsurface tissue structures. Prior utilization of VHI systems has been limited to ex vivo tissue imaging. The VHI system presented in this work is designed for laparoscopic use. It consists of a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Howlett ID,Han W,Gordon M,Rice P,Barton JK,Kostuk RK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the relationship between accommodation and vision quality, a custom-built ultra-long scan depth spectral domain optical coherence tomography (UL-SDOCT) and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (HSWFS) were combined. The resolution and scan depth of UL-SDOCT are 6 μm and 15.6 mm, respectively, which...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Shi G,Wang Y,Yuan Y,Wei L,Lv F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging methodology that is able to image tissue to depths of over 1 mm. Many epithelial conditions, such as melanoma and oral cancers, require an invasive biopsy for diagnosis. A noninvasive, real-time, point of care method of imaging depth-resolved epithelial struc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Smith LE,Hearnden V,Lu Z,Smallwood R,Hunter KD,Matcher SJ,Thornhill MH,Murdoch C,MacNeil S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the protocol for an inexpensive and nondestructive optical reflectance assay for the measurement of biofilm formation. Reflectance data are obtained using an Ocean Optics (Dunedin, Florida) USB 2000 spectrometer with a polychromatic light source. A fiber optic cable is used both for illumination and collec...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Broschat SL,Loge FJ,Peppin JD,White D,Call DR,Kuhn E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a hybrid method that combines a multilayered scaling method and a perturbation method to speed up the Monte Carlo simulation of diffuse reflectance from a multilayered tissue model with finite-size tumor-like heterogeneities. The proposed method consists of two steps. In the first step, a set of photon traj...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu C,Liu Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM) to demonstrate for the first time its potential in studying relational details at the cellular level of atherogenesis in intact, viable mouse carotid arteries. Isolated and mounted arteries of ApoE-/-mice, aged 15 or 21 weeks (7 and 13 weeks on western diet), were i...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Megens RT,oude Egbrink MG,Merkx M,Slaaf DW,van Zandvoort MA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00