In vivo assessment and evaluation of lung tissue morphologic and physiological changes from non-contact endoscopic reflectance spectroscopy for improving lung cancer detection.

abstract：:We describe a systematic approach to image, track, and quantify the movements of HIV viruses embedded in human cervical mucus. The underlying motivation for this study is that, in HIV-infected adults, women account for more than half of all new cases and most of these women acquire the infection through heterosexual c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Boukari F,Makrogiannis S,Nossal R,Boukari H

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Waveguide evanescent field fluorescence (WEFF) microscopy is a new development that allows the imaging of contact regions between biological cells and their substratum, as well as imaging of ultrathin films such as monomolecular Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. Mixed-lipid monolayer systems mimicking lung surfactant were...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hassanzadeh A,Mittler S

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：:We investigate the relationship between the laser beam at the retina (spot size) and the extent of retinal injury from single ultrashort laser pulses. From previous studies it is believed that the retinal effect of single 3-ps laser pulses should vary in extent and location, depending on the occurrence of laser-induce...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Roach WP,Cain CP,Narayan DG,Noojin GD,Boppart SA,Birngruber R,Fujimoto JG,Toth CA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in females. To monitor chemotherapeutic efficacy for breast cancer, medical imaging systems such as x-ray mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound imaging have been used. Currently, it can take up to 3 to 6 weeks to see the tumor respo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee S,Jeong H,Seong M,Kim JG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional white-light and fluorescent imaging techniques provide powerful methods to extract high-resolution information from two-dimensional (2-D) sections, but to retrieve information from a three-dimensional (3-D) volume they require relatively slow scanning methods that result in increased acquisition time. Usin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Duocastella M,Sun B,Arnold CB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nEUROPt protocol is one of two new protocols developed within the European project nEUROPt to characterize the performances of time-domain systems for optical imaging of the brain. It was applied in joint measurement campaigns to compare the various instruments and to assess the impact of technical improvements. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wabnitz H,Jelzow A,Mazurenka M,Steinkellner O,Macdonald R,Milej D,Żołek N,Kacprzak M,Sawosz P,Maniewski R,Liebert A,Magazov S,Hebden J,Martelli F,Di Ninni P,Zaccanti G,Torricelli A,Contini D,Re R,Zucchelli L,Spine

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) is an important in vivo imaging modality to visualize physiological and pathological processes in small animals. However, FMT reconstruction is ill-posed and ill-conditioned due to strong optical scattering in deep tissues, which results in poor spatial resolution. It is well kn...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baikejiang R,Zhao Y,Fite BZ,Ferrara KW,Li C

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Heart disease is the primary cause of death in the western world. Many of these deaths are caused by the rupture of vulnerable plaque. Vulnerable plaques are characterized by a large lipid core covered by a thin fibrous cap. One method for detecting these plaques is reflection spectroscopy. Several studies have invest...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lilledahl MB,Haugen OA,Barkost M,Svaasand LO

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experimentally compare the performance and image contrast of spontaneous Raman and coherent Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. We demonstrate the differences between these techniques on a series of geometry-controlled samples that range in complexity from a point (array of tips) to one-dimensional (line grating) a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim H,Michaels CA,Bryant GW,Stranick SJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical technique based on diffuse reflectance measurement combined with indocyanine green (ICG) bolus tracking is extensively tested as a method for clinical assessment of brain perfusion in adults at the bedside. Methodology of multiwavelength and time-resolved detection of fluorescence light excited in the ICG is p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gerega A,Milej D,Weigl W,Botwicz M,Zolek N,Kacprzak M,Wierzejski W,Toczylowska B,Mayzner-Zawadzka E,Maniewski R,Liebert A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-instrumented prosthetic silicone liner that provides cushioning for the residual limb and can successfully measure interface pressures inside prosthetic sockets of lower-limb amputees in a simple and practical means of sensing. The liner is made of two silicone layers be...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Al-Fakih E,Arifin N,Pirouzi G,Mahamd Adikan FR,Shasmin HN,Abu Osman NA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustering analysis (CA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to dynamic Cerenkov luminescence images (dCLI). In order to investigate the performances of the proposed approaches, two distinct dynamic data sets obtained by injecting mice with (32)P-ATP and (18)F-FDG were acquired using the IVIS 200 optic...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Spinelli AE,Boschi F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerenkov light is created in clinical applications involving high-energy radiation such as in radiation therapy. There is considerable interest in using Cerenkov light as a means to perform in vivo dosimetry during radiation therapy; however, a better understanding of the light-to-dose relationship is needed. One such...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Brost E,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An algorithm was developed to obtain depth-resolved local optical axis in birefringent samples by using conventional polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) that uses a single circularly polarized incident light. The round-trip sample Jones matrices were first constructed from the cumulative PSOCT ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Fan C,Yao G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinus blockages are a common reason for physician visits, affecting one out of seven people in the United States, and often require medical treatment. Diagnosis in the primary care setting is challenging because symptom criteria (via detailed clinical history) plus objective imaging [computed tomography (CT) or endosc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Cerussi AE,Mishra N,You J,Bhandarkar N,Wong B

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:The objective of this work was to compare the accuracy of analyte concentration estimation when using transmission versus diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of a scattering medium. Monte Carlo ray tracing of light through the medium was used in conjunction with pure component absorption spectra and Beer-Lambert absorpti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gardner CM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate a technology to create a high temperature heat source on the tip surface of the glass fiber proposed for medical surgery applications. Using 4 to 6 W power level semiconductor lasers at a wavelength of 980 nm, a laser coupled fiber tip was preprocessed to contain a certain amount of titanium oxide powde...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Fujimoto T,Imai Y,Tei K,Ito S,Kanazawa H,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of optical scattering in turbid biological tissues using nonreactive chemical agents has potential applications for light-based diagnostics and therapeutics. Optical clearing effects by exogenous chemical agents, in particular sugars and sugar alcohols, have been found to be temporary with tissue rehydration...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yeh AT,Hirshburg J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine the diagnostic capability of a multimodal spectral diagnosis (SD) for in vivo noninvasive disease diagnosis of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers. We acquired reflectance, fluorescence, and Raman spectra from 137 lesions in 76 patients using custom-built optical fiber-based c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lim L,Nichols B,Migden MR,Rajaram N,Reichenberg JS,Markey MK,Ross MI,Tunnell JW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of accurate and clinically applicable tools to assess cancer risk is essential to define candidates to undergo screening for early-stage cancers at a curable stage or provide a novel method to monitor chemoprevention treatments. With the use of our recently developed optical technology--spatial-domain ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bista RK,Uttam S,Hartman DJ,Qiu W,Yu J,Zhang L,Brand RE,Liu Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synchrotron light source dedicated to medical applications has been designed at National Institute of Radiological Sciences. The storage ring, with circumference of 80 m, is designed for acceleration of 2.3 GeV and a stored current of 420 mA. It is equipped with two multipole wigglers to produce sufficient photon fl...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Torikoshi M,Tsunoo T,Endo M,Noda K,Kumada M,Yamada S,Soga F,Hyodo K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that altered corneal temperature may be a feature of schizophrenia, but the association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and corneal temperature has yet to be assessed. The aim of this study is to investigate whether eye temperature is different among MDD patients than among healthy ind...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Maller JJ,George SS,Viswanathan RP,Fitzgerald PB,Junor P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary focus of neurointensive care is monitoring the injured brain to detect harmful events that can impair cerebral blood flow (CBF), resulting in further injury. Since current noninvasive methods used in the clinic can only assess blood flow indirectly, the goal of this research is to develop an optical techniqu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Diop M,Tichauer KM,Elliott JT,Migueis M,Lee TY,St Lawrence K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarized Raman spectroscopy allows measurement of molecular orientation and composition and is widely used in the study of polymer systems. Here, we extend the technique to the extraction of quantitative orientation information from bone tissue, which is optically thick and highly turbid. We discuss multiple scatteri...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Raghavan M,Sahar ND,Wilson RH,Mycek MA,Pleshko N,Kohn DH,Morris MD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificially created demineralized and remineralized carious lesions on the root and enamel of human teeth were examined by photothermal radiometry (PTR) and modulated luminescence (LUM). Fourteen extracted human teeth were used and a lesion was created on a 1 mmx4 mm rectangular window, spanning root to enamel, using...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jeon RJ,Hellen A,Matvienko A,Mandelis A,Abrams SH,Amaechi BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00