Modulation of an optical needle's reflectivity alters the average photon path through scattering media.

abstract：:The ability to noninvasively image embryonic vascular anatomy in mouse models is an important requirement for characterizing the development of the normal cardiovascular system and malformations in the heart and vascular supply. Photoacoustic imaging, which can provide high resolution non invasive images of the vascul...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Laufer J,Norris F,Cleary J,Zhang E,Treeby B,Cox B,Johnson P,Scambler P,Lythgoe M,Beard P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Despite the importance of the cell membrane in regulation of drug activity, the influence of drug treatments on its physical properties is still poorly understood. The combination of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) with specific viscosity-sensitive fluorescent molecular rotors allows the qu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Shimolina LE,Gulin AA,Paez-Perez M,López-Duarte I,Druzhkova IN,Lukina MM,Gubina MV,Brooks NJ,Zagaynova EV,Kuimova MK,Shirmanova MV

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:According to the valence asymmetry hypothesis, the left/right asymmetry of prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity is correlated with specific emotional responses to mental stress and personality traits. Here, we evaluated the relation between emotional state and asymmetry in PFC activity at rest by using near-infrared spect...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ishikawa W,Sato M,Fukuda Y,Matsumoto T,Takemura N,Sakatani K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it was shown in measurements carried out on humans that time-resolved near-infrared reflectometry and fluorescence spectroscopy may allow for discrimination of information originating directly from the brain avoiding influence of contaminating signals related to the perfusion of extracerebral tissues. We rep...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liebert A,Sawosz P,Milej D,Kacprzak M,Weigl W,Botwicz M,Maczewska J,Fronczewska K,Mayzner-Zawadzka E,Królicki L,Maniewski R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen fiber orientation plays an important role in determining the structure and function of the articular cartilage. However, there is currently a lack of nondestructive means to image the fiber orientation from the cartilage surface. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the newly developed optical ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yao X,Wang Y,Ravanfar M,Pfeiffer FM,Duan D,Yao G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is hypothesized that the local, viscoelastic (time-dependent) properties of the airway are important to accurately model and ultimately predict dynamic airway collapse in airway obstruction. Toward this end, we present a portable, endoscopic, swept-source anatomical optical coherence tomography (aOCT) system combin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Balakrishnan S,Bu R,Iftimia N,Price H,Zdanski C,Oldenburg AL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared spectroscopy is a novel imaging technique potentially sensitive to both brain hemodynamics (slow signal) and neuronal activity (fast optical signal, FOS). The big challenge of measuring FOS noninvasively lies in the presumably low signal-to-noise ratio. Thus, detectability of the FOS has been controversi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Medvedev AV,Kainerstorfer JM,Borisov SV,Gandjbakhche AH,Vanmeter J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:A noninvasive method based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of tears was proposed as a support for diagnosing neurodegenerative pathologies, including different forms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this field, timely and reliable discrimination and diagnosis are critical aspects ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Cennamo G,Montorio D,Morra VB,Criscuolo C,Lanzillo R,Salvatore E,Camerlingo C,Lisitskiy M,Delfino I,Portaccio M,Lepore M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim is the development of a simple optical method for pulse wave profile, pulse wave delay time, and blood flow measurement. The method is based on recording the Doppler frequency shift related to a moving target--blood vessel walls or small particles. The Doppler signal is detected using the self-mixing that occu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Meigas K,Hinrikus H,Kattai R,Lass J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the properties of contact pressure applied by manually operated fiber-optic probes as a function of the operator, probe contact area, and sample stiffness. First, the mechanical properties of human skin sites with different skin structures, thicknesses, and underlying tissues were studied by in vivo indentat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bregar M,Cugmas B,Naglic P,Hartmann D,Pernuš F,Likar B,Bürmen M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field carcinogenesis is the initial stage of cancer progression. Understanding field carcinogenesis is valuable for both cancer biology and clinical medicine. Here, we used inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography to study colorectal cancer (CRC) and pancreatic cancer (PC) field carcinogenesis. Depth-resolve...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yi J,Radosevich AJ,Stypula-Cyrus Y,Mutyal NN,Azarin SM,Horcher E,Goldberg MJ,Bianchi LK,Bajaj S,Roy HK,Backman V

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:We have built an all-solid-state camera that is directly modulated at the pixel level for frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) measurements. This novel camera eliminates the need for an image intensifier through the use of an application-specific charge coupled device design in a frequency-...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhao Q,Schelen B,Schouten R,van den Oever R,Leenen R,van Kuijk H,Peters I,Polderdijk F,Bosiers J,Raspe M,Jalink K,Geert Sander de Jong J,van Geest B,Stoop K,Young IT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using commercially available organic fluorophores, the current applications of Förster (fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) are limited to about 80 Å. However, many essential activities in cells are spatially and/or temporally dependent on the assembly/disassembly of transient complexes consisting of large-...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Maliwal BP,Raut S,Fudala R,D'Auria S,Marzullo VM,Luini A,Gryczynski I,Gryczynski Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher-order optical errors of the human eye are often responsible for reduced visual acuity in spite of an optimal spherical or cylindrical refraction. These optical aberrations are of natural origin or can result from operations in the eye that involve optical structures. The ocular aberrometer presented is based on...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mierdel P,Kaemmerer M,Mrochen M,Krinke HE,Seiler T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excited state lifetime of a fluorophore together with its fluorescence emission spectrum provide information that can yield valuable insights into the nature of a fluorophore and its microenvironment. However, it is difficult to obtain both channels of information in a conventional scheme as detectors are typicall...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sagar MAK,Dai B,Chacko J,Weber J,Velten A,Sanders S,White J,Eliceiri K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tutorial introduction to diffuse light transport is presented. The basic analytic equations of time-resolved, steady-state and modulated light transport are introduced. The perturbation method for handling slight heterogeneities in optical properties is outlined. The treatment of boundary conditions such as an air/t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jacques SL,Pogue BW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a biochip based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology for detection of specific genetic sequences using molecular beacons (MB) immobilized on solid surfaces as probes. The applicability of this miniature detection system for screening for the BRCA1 gene is evaluated using ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Culha M,Stokes DL,Griffin GD,Vo-Dinh T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve surgical guidance toward prostate draining lymph nodes, we investigate the potential of intraoperative fluorescence imaging and combined pre- and intraoperative multimodality imaging approaches. Transgenic adenocarcinoma mouse prostate mice with spontaneous prostate tumors are injected intratumorally with: ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： van Leeuwen AC,Buckle T,Bendle G,Vermeeren L,Valdés Olmos R,van de Poel HG,van Leeuwen FW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical technologies may be applied to multiple facets of spinal surgery from diagnostics to intraoperative image guidance to therapeutics. In diagnostics, the current standard remains cross-sectional static imaging. Optical surface scanning tools may have an important role; however, significant work is required to cl...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guha D,Yang VXD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the feasibility of using diode laser gas spectroscopy for sinusitis diagnostics. We simulate light propagation using the Monte Carlo concept, as implemented by the Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP) software. Simulations and experimental data are compared for a model based on two scattering bodies...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Persson L,Kristensson E,Simonsson L,Svanberg S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Visible light optical coherence tomography (OCT) is emerging for spectroscopic and ultrahigh resolution imaging, but challenges remain. Depth-dependent dispersion limits retinal image quality and current correction approaches are cumbersome. Inconsistent group refractive indices during image reconstruction...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhang T,Kho AM,Srinivasan VJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal surgeries carry considerable risk of gastrointestinal and intra-abdominal hemorrhage, which could possibly cause patient death. Photoacoustic imaging is one solution to overcome this challenge by providing visualization of major blood vessels during surgery. We investigate the feasibility of in vivo blood ve...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kempski KM,Wiacek A,Graham M,González E,Goodson B,Allman D,Palmer J,Hou H,Beck S,He J,Bell MAL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents comprehensive and depth-resolved retinal microvasculature images within human retina achieved by a newly developed ultrahigh sensitive optical microangiography (UHS-OMAG) system. Due to its high flow sensitivity, UHS-OMAG is much more sensitive to tissue motion due to the involuntary movement of th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： An L,Shen TT,Wang RK

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy has emerged as a powerful multiphoton imaging technique offering label-free chemical sensitivity and high three-dimensional resolution. However, its widespread application in the life sciences has been hampered by the use of costly pulsed lase...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li B,Borri P,Langbein W

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Myocardial infarction leads to structural remodeling of the myocardium, in particular to the loss of cardiomyocytes due to necrosis and an increase in collagen with scar formation. Stem cell regenerative treatments have been shown to alter this remodeling process, resulting in improved cardiac function. As healthy myo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wood MF,Ghosh N,Wallenburg MA,Li SH,Weisel RD,Wilson BC,Li RK,Vitkin IA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time photoacoustic imaging system is designed and built. This system is based on a commercially available ultrasound imaging system. It can achieve a frame rate of 8 frames/sec. Vasculature in the hand of a human volunteer is imaged, and the resulting photoacoustic image is combined with the ultrasound image. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kolkman RG,Brands PJ,Steenbergen W,van Leeuwen TG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration profiles of topically applied drugs and cosmetic products provide important information on their efficacy. The application of tape stripping in combination with UV/VIS spectroscopy is checked to determine the local position of topically applied substances inside the stratum corneum, the penetration profile...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigmann HJ,Jacobi U,Antoniou C,Tsikrikas GN,Wendel V,Rapp C,Gers-Barlag H,Sterry W,Lademann J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00