Monte Carlo simulations related to gas-based optical diagnosis of human sinusitis.

abstract：:In order to evaluate the impact of anatomy on the spectral properties of oral tissue, we used reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize nine different anatomic sites. All spectra were collected in vivo from healthy oral mucosa. We analyzed 710 spectra collected from the oral cavity of 79 healthy volunt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： McGee S,Mirkovic J,Mardirossian V,Elackattu A,Yu CC,Kabani S,Gallagher G,Pistey R,Galindo L,Badizadegan K,Wang Z,Dasari R,Feld MS,Grillone G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical applications of terahertz (THz) radiation are appealing because THz radiation is nonionizing and has the demonstrated ability to detect intrinsic contrasts between cancerous and normal tissue. A linear polarization-sensitive detection technique for tumor margin delineation has already been demonstrated; how...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Martin JP,Joseph CS,Giles RH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT), based on an all-reflective high-speed InGaAs spectrometer, operating in the 1050 nm wavelength region for retinal diagnostics, enables high-speed, volumetric imaging of retinal pathologies with greater penetration into choroidal tissue is compared to conventional...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Povazay B,Hermann B,Unterhuber A,Hofer B,Sattmann H,Zeiler F,Morgan JE,Falkner-Radler C,Glittenberg C,Blinder S,Drexler W

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autofluorescence-based imaging techniques have become very important in the ophthalmological field. Being noninvasive and very sensitive, they are broadly used in clinical routines. Conventional autofluorescence intensity imaging is largely influenced by the strong fluorescence of lipofuscin, a fluorophore that can be...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sauer L,Andersen KM,Dysli C,Zinkernagel MS,Bernstein PS,Hammer M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report addresses the application of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomenon for urea sensing. The former promises a high sensitivity, label-free detection, and real-time information by monitoring the refractive index change at the metal–dielectric interface. In the present report, a highly sensitive ure...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Paliwal A,Tomar M,Gupta V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High resolution is important for sensitive detection of subtle distortions of retinal morphology at an early stage of eye diseases. We demonstrate virtually structured detection (VSD) as a feasible method to achieve in vivo super-resolution ophthalmoscopy. A line-scanning strategy was employed to achieve a super-resol...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu C,Zhi Y,Wang B,Thapa D,Chen Y,Alam M,Lu Y,Yao X

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequency-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy (FD-DOS) utilizes intensity-modulated light to characterize optical scattering and absorption in thick tissue. Previous FD-DOS systems have been limited by large device footprints, complex electronics, high costs, and limited acquisition speeds, all of which complicate acc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Torjesen A,Istfan R,Roblyer D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SpineLab is a software tool developed for reconstructing neuronal feature skeletons from three-dimensional single- or multi-photon image stacks. These images often suffer from limited resolution and a low signal-to-noise ratio, making the extraction of morphometric information difficult. To overcome this limitation, w...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jungblut D,Vlachos A,Schuldt G,Zahn N,Deller T,Wittum G

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Second-harmonic generation (SHG) imaging can help reveal interactions between collagen fibers and cancer cells. Quantitative analysis of SHG images of collagen fibers is challenged by the heterogeneity of collagen structures and low signal-to-noise ratio often found while imaging collagen in tissue. The role of collag...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bredfeldt JS,Liu Y,Pehlke CA,Conklin MW,Szulczewski JM,Inman DR,Keely PJ,Nowak RD,Mackie TR,Eliceiri KW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three major analytical tools in imaging science are summarized and demonstrated relative to optical imaging in vivo. Standard resolution testing is optimal when infinite contrast is used and hardware evaluation is the goal. However, deep tissue imaging of absorption or fluorescent contrast agents in vivo often present...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pogue BW,Davis SC,Song X,Brooksby BA,Dehghani H,Paulsen KD

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Blood pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an important physiological parameter that characterizes vascular stiffness. In this letter, we present electrocardiogram-synchronized, photoacoustic microscopy for noninvasive quantification of the PWV in the peripheral vessels of living mice. Interestingly, blood pulse wave-induced ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yeh C,Hu S,Maslov K,Wang LV

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of molecular and functional photoacoustic (PA) images depends on the accuracy of the photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy. The PA signal is proportional to the product of the optical absorption coefficient and local light fluence; quantitative PA measurements of the optical absorption coefficient ther...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bauer AQ,Nothdurft RE,Erpelding TN,Wang LV,Culver JP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence microscopy is commonly used to investigate disease progression in biological tissues. Biological tissues, however, are strongly scattering in the visible wavelengths, limiting the application of fluorescence microscopy to superficial (<200µm) regions. Optical clearing, which involves incubation of the tis...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Moy AJ,Capulong BV,Saager RB,Wiersma MP,Lo PC,Durkin AJ,Choi B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amblyopia ("lazy eye") is a major public health problem, caused by misalignment of the eyes (strabismus) or defocus. If detected early in childhood, there is an excellent response to therapy, yet most children are detected too late to be treated effectively. Commercially available vision screening devices that test fo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Irsch K,Gramatikov BI,Wu YK,Guyton DL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. One-fifth of the world's oral cancer subjects are from India and other South Asian countries. The present Raman mapping study was carried out to understand biochemical variations in normal and malignant oral buccal mucosa. Data were acquired using WITec alpha 30...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Behl I,Kukreja L,Deshmukh A,Singh SP,Mamgain H,Hole AR,Krishna CM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), acquired simultaneously with electroencephalography (EEG), allows the investigation of hemodynamic brain responses to epileptic activity. Because the presumed epileptogenic focus is patient-specific, an appropriate source/detector (SD) montage has to be reconfigured for e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Machado A,Marcotte O,Lina JM,Kobayashi E,Grova C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully integrated trimodality fluorescence, diffuse optical, and x-ray computed tomography (FT/DOT/XCT) system for small animal imaging is reported in this work. The main purpose of this system is to obtain quantitatively accurate fluorescence concentration images using a multimodality approach. XCT offers anatomical...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lin Y,Barber WC,Iwanczyk JS,Roeck WW,Nalcioglu O,Gulsen G

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy--a valuable analytical tool in biological and medical field of research-allows probing molecular vibrations of samples without external labels or extensive preparation. We employ confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy to characterize renal tumors and normal tissue. Results show that Raman ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhuang Z,Li N,Guo Z,Zhu M,Xiong K,Chen S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an imaging-based method for noncontact spirometry. The method tracks the subtle respiratory-induced shoulder movement of a subject, builds a calibration curve, and determines the flow-volume spirometry curve and vital respiratory parameters, including forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced vit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu C,Yang Y,Tsow F,Shao D,Tao N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have combined a confocal laser scanning head modified for TPE (two-photon excitation) microscopy with some spectroscopic modules to study single molecules and molecular aggregates. The behavior of the TPE microscope unit has been characterized by means of point spread function measurements and of the demonstration ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Diaspro A,Chirico G,Federici F,Cannone F,Beretta S,Robello M

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:The objective of the study is the quantitative analysis of the dose-time dependences of changes occurring in collagen of bladder and rectum after gamma-irradiation using optical methods [nonlinear microscopy in a second harmonic generation (SHG) detection regime and cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kochueva M,Dudenkova V,Kuznetsov S,Varlamova A,Sergeeva E,Kiseleva E,Maslennikova A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current diagnostic capabilities and limitations of fluorescence endomicroscopy in the cervix are assessed by qualitative and quantitative image analysis. Four cervical tissue types are investigated: normal columnar epithelium, normal and precancerous squamous epithelium, and stromal tissue. This study focuses on the p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Schlosser C,Bodenschatz N,Lam S,Lee M,McAlpine JN,Miller DM,Van Niekerk DJ,Follen M,Guillaud M,MacAulay CE,Lane PM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)-encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles were synthesized, characterized, and utilized for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. Silica encapsulation is relatively transparent for activated light and can protect the PpIX against denaturation induced by the extreme bioenvironment. The mesop...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Qian J,Gharibi A,He S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel parallel-plate diffuse optical tomography (DOT) system for three-dimensional in vivo imaging of human breast tumor based on large optical data sets. Images of oxy-, deoxy-, and total hemoglobin concentration as well as blood oxygen saturation and tissue scattering were reconstructed. Tumor ma...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Choe R,Konecky SD,Corlu A,Lee K,Durduran T,Busch DR,Pathak S,Czerniecki BJ,Tchou J,Fraker DL,Demichele A,Chance B,Arridge SR,Schweiger M,Culver JP,Schnall MD,Putt ME,Rosen MA,Yodh AG

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Most ovarian cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages due to the lack of efficacious screening techniques. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) has a potential to image tumor angiogenesis and detect early neovascular changes of the ovary. We have developed a coregistered PAT and ultrasound (US) prototype system for real-tim...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Salehi HS,Li H,Merkulov A,Kumavor PD,Vavadi H,Sanders M,Kueck A,Brewer MA,Zhu Q

更新日期：2016-04-30 00:00:00