Anomalous photobleaching in fluorescence recovery after photobleaching measurements due to excitation saturation--a case study for fluorescein.

abstract：:We present the design and experimental results of a new MEMS-based endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe. The uniqueness of this miniature OCT imaging probe is a two-axis MEMS mirror with through-silicon vias (TSVs) for interconnecting. The TSV interconnection enables ultracompact probe design, successfu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu L,Wu L,Sun J,Lin E,Xie H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current techniques to assess lymph node metastases in cancer patients include lymphoscintigraphy after administration of a nonspecific radiocolloid in order to locate and resect lymph nodes for pathological examination of harbored cancer cells. Clinical trials involving intradermal or subcutaneous injection of antibod...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sampath L,Wang W,Sevick-Muraca EM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many optical diagnostic approaches rely on changes in scattering and absorption properties to generate optical contrast between normal and diseased tissue. Recently, there has been increasing interest in using exogenous agents to enhance this intrinsic contrast with particular emphasis on the development for targeting...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lin AW,Lewinski NA,West JL,Halas NJ,Drezek RA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reflection and transmission of coherent light from a biological system can yield information about its condition. In the case of blood exposed to the air, there is a change in the properties of the speckle patterns observed in the coagulation process. This can be studied by means of the rate of temporal variation,...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yokoi N,Aizu Y,Uozumi J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present Monte Carlo modeling studies to provide a quantitative understanding of contrast observed in spatially resolved reflectance spectra of normal and highly dysplastic cervical tissue. Simulations have been carried out to analyze the sensitivity of spectral measurements to a range of changes in epithelial and s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Arifler D,MacAulay C,Follen M,Richards-Kortum R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer simulation called RHME (Retinal Heating in Moving Eye) is developed to simulate the heating pattern that occurs in the retina during a long-duration exposure to a continuous wave laser beam. The simulation takes into account eye movements that occur during a deliberate fixation. Due to the rapid (millisecon...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lund BJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As molecular imaging moves towards lower detection limits, the elimination of endogenous background signals becomes imperative. We present a facile background-suppression technique that specifically segregates the signal from surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active nanoparticles (NPs) from the tissue autofluor...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mallia RJ,McVeigh PZ,Veilleux I,Wilson BC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) for breast surgical margin assessment was evaluated in tissue-simulating phantoms and in fully intact lumpectomy specimens at the time of surgery. Phantom data was evaluated according to contrast-detail resolution, quantitative accuracy and model-data goodness...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Laughney AM,Krishnaswamy V,Rice TB,Cuccia DJ,Barth RJ,Tromberg BJ,Paulsen KD,Pogue BW,Wells WA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional phase-resolved Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) has been reported to have potential for characterizing local fluid flow within a microporous scaffold. In this work, we apply Doppler optical microangiography (DOMAG), a new imaging technique developed by combining optical microangiography (OMAG) w...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jia Y,An L,Wang RK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-beam spectral domain optical coherence tomography system (OCT) whose center wavelength is 840 nm was developed. The three beams focus on fundus 3.1 mm apart from each other and are detected by a single line sensor. The distance between the beams is fixed and the beams scan a total area of 10×10  mm² while keep...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Suehira N,Ooto S,Hangai M,Matsumoto K,Tomatsu N,Yuasa T,Yamada K,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion artifacts are the most significant sources of noise in the context of pediatric brain imaging designs and data analyses, especially in applications of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), in which it can completely affect the quality of the data acquired. Different methods have been developed to corre...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hu XS,Arredondo MM,Gomba M,Confer N,DaSilva AF,Johnson TD,Shalinsky M,Kovelman I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first experimental result of direct delineation of the nuclei of living rat bladder epithelium with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (uOCT). We demonstrate that the cellular details embedded in the speckle noise in a uOCT image can be uncovered by time-lapse frame averaging that takes a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pan YT,Wu ZL,Yuan ZJ,Wang ZG,Du CW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the use of optical spectroscopy for monitoring tumor oxygenation and metabolism in response to hyperoxic gas breathing. Hemoglobin saturation and redox ratio were quantified for a set of 14 and 9 mice, respectively, measured at baseline and during carbogen breathing (95% O(2), 5% CO(2)). In par...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Palmer GM,Viola RJ,Schroeder T,Yarmolenko PS,Dewhirst MW,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an experimental study of the possibilities of monitoring erbium yttrium aluminum garnet laser-mediated ablation of human epidermis with the use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and spectral polarization techniques are presented. The attenuated total reflection (ATR) method was used for ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sviridov AP,Zimnyakov DA,Sinichkin YP,Butvina LN,Omelchenko AJ,Shakh GS,Bagratashvili VN

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore the use of Monte-Carlo-model-based approaches for the analysis of fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra measured ex vivo from breast tissues. These models are used to extract the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence properties of malignant and nonmalignant tissues and to diagnose breast cancer ba...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu C,Palmer GM,Breslin TM,Harter J,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an algorithm to compensate for the refractive index error in the optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of multilayer tissues, such as skin. The performance of the proposed method has been evaluated on one- and two-layer solid phantoms, as well as the skin of rat paw. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Turani Z,Fatemizadeh E,Xu Q,Daveluy S,Mehregan D,Nasiri Avanaki MR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell (RBC) anomalies are significant symptoms for identification of health disorders and several blood diseases, which involve the modification of the parameters and biophysical characteristics of such cells. The aim of this study is to measure the three-dimensional phase information of healthy RBCs and thei...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Agarwal S,Kumar V,Shakher C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical microanglography (OMAG) is a recently developed imaging modality capable of volumetric imaging of dynamic blood perfusion, down to capillary level resolution, with an imaging depth up to 2.00 mm beneath the tissue surface. We report the use of OMAG to monitor the cerebral blood flow (CBF) over the cortex of mo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jia Y,Alkayed N,Wang RK

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (tMRO2) is a clinically relevant marker for a number of pathologies including cancer and arterial occlusive disease. We present and validate a noncontact method for quantitatively mapping tMRO2 over a wide, scalable field of view at 16  frames  /  s. We achieve this by d...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ghijsen M,Lentsch GR,Gioux S,Brenner M,Durkin AJ,Choi B,Tromberg BJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The refractive index of blood is a key biophysical parameter, which can reflect the physiological state. We measured the refractive index of whole blood and other components, such as serum, plasma, and hemoglobin, based on internal reflection by using a homemade apparatus in the spectral range of 400 to 750 nm. In add...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu S,Deng Z,Li J,Wang J,Huang N,Cui R,Zhang Q,Mei J,Zhou W,Zhang C,Ye Q,Tian J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of intrinsic optical imaging and resting-state analysis under anesthetized conditions as a tool to study brain networks associated with epileptic seizures is investigated. Using an acute model of epileptiform activity, the 4-aminopyridine model in live mice, we observe the changes in resting-state networ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guevara E,Pouliot P,Nguyen DK,Lesage F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging using voltage-sensitive dyes has become an important tool for studying vortex-like electrical waves in the heart. Such waves, known as spiral or scroll waves, can spontaneously form in pathological ventricular myocardium, causing ventricular fibrillation and sudden death. Until recently, observations o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bernus O,Mukund KS,Pertsov AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy (ORPAM) is important for various biomedical applications, such as the study of cellular structures, microcirculation systems, and tumor angiogenesis. However, the lateral resolution of a conventional ORPAM is limited by optical diffraction. In this work, we report a simulati...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Upputuri PK,Wen ZB,Wu Z,Pramanik M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several pathologies whose study and diagnosis is impaired by a relatively small number of documented cases. A practical approach to overcome this obstacle and advance the research in this area consists in employing computer simulations to perform controlled in silico experiments. The results of these experim...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baranoski GV,Chen TF,Kimmel BW,Miranda E,Yim D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy (RS) has demonstrated great potential for in vivo cancer screening; however, the biophysical changes that occur for specific diagnoses remain unclear. We recently developed an inverse biophysical skin cancer model to address this issue. Here, we presented the first demonstration of in vivo melanoma ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Feng X,Moy AJ,Nguyen HTM,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Fox MC,Sebastian KR,Reichenberg JS,Markey MK,Tunnell JW

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research correcting for variable speed of sound in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) based on a generalized radon transform (GRT) model assumes first-order geometrical acoustics (GA) approximation. In the GRT model, the pressure is related to the optical absorption, in an acoustically inhomogeneous medium, throu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Modgil D,Anastasio MA,La Rivière PJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an effective two-step scheme for automatic object detection in computed radiography (CR) images. First, various structure elements of the morphological filters, designed by incorporating available morphological features of the objects of interest including their sizes and rough shape descriptions, ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Xuan J,Adali T,Wang Y,Siegel E

更新日期：2000-10-01 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