Bioluminescence measurements in mice using a skin window.

abstract：:We present a novel fluorescence imaging system developed for real-time interventional imaging applications. The system implements a correction scheme that improves the accuracy of epi-illumination fluorescence images for light intensity variation in tissues. The implementation is based on the use of three cameras oper...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Themelis G,Yoo JS,Soh KS,Schulz R,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Low-level light therapy has been shown to improve in vitro wound healing. However, well-defined parameters of different light sources for this therapy are lacking. The goal of this study was (1) to determine if the wavelengths tested are effective for in vitro wound healing and (2) to compare a laser and a light-emitt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Spitler R,Berns MW

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oblique incidence reflectometry (OIR) is an established technique for the estimation of tissue optical properties. However, a sensing footprint of a few transport mean-free paths is often needed when diffusion-regime-based algorithms are used. Smaller-footprint probes require improved light-propagation models and inve...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zemp RJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all fundus laser treatments of the eye, the temperature increase is not exactly known. In order to optimize treatments, an online temperature determination is preferable. We investigated a noninvasive optoacoustic method to monitor the fundus temperature during pulsed laser irradiation. When laser pulses are applie...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Schule G,Huttmann G,Framme C,Roider J,Brinkmann R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autofluorescence lifetime wide-field imaging system that can generate contrast in underlying tissue structures of normal and malignant brain tissue samples with video rate acquisition and processing time is presented. Images of the investigated tissues were acquired with high resolution (∼35 μm) using an algorithm ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Papour A,Taylor Z,Sherman A,Sanchez D,Lucey G,Liau L,Stafsudd O,Yong W,Grundfest W

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resin embedding is widely used and facilitates microscopic imaging of biological tissues. In contrast, quenching of fluorescence during embedding process hinders the application of resin embedding for imaging of fluorescence-labeled samples. For samples expressing fluorescent proteins, it has been demonstrated that th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li L,Rao G,Lv X,Chen R,Cheng X,Wang X,Zeng S,Liu X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when changes to the pelvic organ support structures cause descent or herniation of the pelvic organs into the vagina. Clinical evaluation of POP is a series of manual measurements known as the pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) score. However, it fails to identify the mecha...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Parkinson LA,Gargett CE,Young N,Rosamilia A,Vashi AV,Werkmeister JA,Papageorgiou AW,Arkwright JW

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer diagnosis depends not only on histopathological examination but also on visual inspection before and after the excision of suspected lesion. Neoplasm is accompanied with changes in birefringence of collagen, pleomorphicity, and hyperchromatic state of epithelial nuclei. These phenomena can be measured by s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Aharon O,Abdulhalim I,Arnon O,Rosenberg L,Dyomin V,Silberstein E

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a useful method to boost the imaging speed for spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) by multiplying a number of high-speed spectrometers used in the system with selective precise control of data-recording and data-reading phases for spectral cameras employed in each spectrometer. To demonstra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： An L,Guan G,Wang RK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can provide new insight into disease progression and therapy by enabling nondestructive, serial imaging of in vivo cancer models. In previous studies, we have shown the utility of endoscopic OCT for identifying adenomas in the azoxymethane-treated mouse model of colorectal cancer and...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Winkler AM,Rice PF,Drezek RA,Barton JK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immersion optical clearing makes it possible to use transmission polarized-light microscopy for characterization of thick (200 to 2000  μm) layers of biological tissues. We discuss polarization properties of thick samples in the context of the problem of characterization of collagen fiber alignment in connective tissu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yakovlev DD,Shvachkina ME,Sherman MM,Spivak AV,Pravdin AB,Yakovlev DA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of using a telecentric imaging system in digital holographic microscopy (DHM) to study biological specimens are highlighted. To this end, the performances of nontelecentric DHM and telecentric DHM are evaluated from the quantitative phase imaging (QPI) point of view. The evaluated stability of the micro...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Doblas A,Sánchez-Ortiga E,Martínez-Corral M,Saavedra G,Garcia-Sucerquia J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is reviewed using the treatment of skin tumors as an example of superficial lesions and prostate cancer as an example of deep-lying lesions requiring interstitial intervention. These two applications are among the most commonly studied in oncological PDT, and illustrate well the different ch...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Svanberg K,Bendsoe N,Axelsson J,Andersson-Engels S,Svanberg S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring a degranulation process in a live mast cell is a quite important issue in immunology and pharmacology. Because the size of a granule is normally much smaller than the resolution limit of an optical microscope system, there is no direct real-time live cell imaging technique for observing degranulation proces...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yang W,Lee S,Lee J,Bae Y,Kim D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new skin-imaging method, which was developed recently, gives an informative image data about skin moles by collecting scattered polarized light reflected from their tissue area at different wavelengths and polarizations. This method is called as optical rotational spectropolarimetric imaging (ORSI), which scans the ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Graham L,Yitzhaky Y,Abdulhalim I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

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：:A method for the prediction of the average photon pathlength in turbid media has been developed. The method is based on spatially resolved diffuse reflectance with discrete source detector distances up to 2 mm. Light reflectance was simulated using a Monte Carlo technique with a one-layer model utilizing a wide range ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nilsson H,Larsson M,Nilsson GE,Strömberg T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS) is an emerging technique in oncology, neurology, and cardiology. To adapt intraoperative imaging for various surgical applications, increasingly flexible and compact FIGS instruments are necessary. We present a compact, portable FIGS system and demonstrate its use in cardiovasc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang X,Bhaumik S,Li Q,Staudinger VP,Yazdanfar S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A confocal imaging and image processing scheme is introduced to visualize and evaluate the spatial distribution of spectral information in tissue. The image data are recorded using a confocal laser-scanning microscope equipped with a detection unit that provides high spectral resolution. The processing scheme is based...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Maeder U,Marquardt K,Beer S,Bergmann T,Schmidts T,Heverhagen JT,Zink K,Runkel F,Fiebich M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study using a method able to assess tissue oxygenation, taking into account the absorption and the level of scattering in myocardial tissue using a calibrated fiber optic probe. With this method, interindividual comparisons of oxygenation can be made despite varying tissue optical properties during corona...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Häggblad E,Lindbergh T,Karlsson MG,Casimir-Ahn H,Salerud EG,Strömberg T

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Hyperspectral reflectance imaging technique has been used for in vivo detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. However, the clinical outcome of this technique is suboptimal owing to multiple limitations such as nonuniform illumination, high-cost and bulky setup, and time-consuming data acquisition and processi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zheng W,Wang C,Chang S,Zhang S,Xu RX

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellularity of the fibrous caps of coronary atheromas, manifested by the infiltration of macrophages (average size, 20 to 30 microm), is thought to weaken the structural integrity of the cap and predispose plaques to rupture. Therefore, an imaging technology capable of identifying macrophages within fibroatheroma caps...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tanaka A,Tearney GJ,Bouma BE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explains the term low-coherence interferometry, reviews the early development of optical low-coherence reflectometry, and shows some of the paths that led to the field of biomedical optics. This paper demonstrates that early technical developments in the telecommunications industry resulted in a myriad of t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Masters BR

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring the elasticity distribution inside the human body is of great interest because elastic abnormalities can serve as indicators of several diseases. We present a method for mapping elasticity inside soft tissues by imaging surface acoustic waves (SAWs) with digital holographic interferometry. With this method, ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li S,Mohan KD,Sanders WW,Oldenburg AL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of spectral Doppler optical coherence tomography imaging (SDOCTI) for quantitative evaluation of dynamic blood circulation before and after a localized ischemic stroke in a mouse model. Rose Bengal photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used as a noninvasive means for inducing localized ischemia in cortical m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yu L,Nguyen E,Liu G,Choi B,Chen Z

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed near-infrared optical methods to measure noninvasively the dynamics of muscle blood flow and oxygen saturation (StO2) during cuff occlusion and plantar flexion exercise. Relative muscle oxygen consumption (rVO2) was also computed from these data. Diffuse correlation spectroscopy provides information a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yu G,Durduran T,Lech G,Zhou C,Chance B,Mohler ER 3rd,Yodh AG

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical measurements of metabolism are ideally acquired in vivo; however, intravital measurements are often impractical. Accurate ex vivo assessments would greatly broaden the applicability of optical measurements of metabolism. We investigate the use of live tissue culture experiments to serve as a surrogate for in v...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Walsh AJ,Poole KM,Duvall CL,Skala MC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial contamination of blood products is one of the most frequent infectious complications of transfusion. Since glucose levels in blood supplies decrease as bacteria proliferate, it should be possible to detect the presence of bacterial contamination by measuring the glucose concentrations in the blood components...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Suzuki Y,Maruo K,Zhang AW,Shimogaki K,Ogawa H,Hirayama F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00