Photonic approach to the selective inactivation of viruses with a near-infrared subpicosecond fiber laser.

abstract：:A classifier capable of ranking structural alterations of the cytoskeleton is developed. Images of cytoskeletal microtubules obtained from the epifluorescence microscopy of primary culture rat hepatocytes are analyzed. Morphological descriptors are extracted by contour and mass fractal analysis, direct methods, and sp...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Crosta GF,Urani C,Fumarola L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstruction in the upper airway can often cause reductions in breathing or gas exchange efficiency and lead to rest disorders such as sleep apnea. Imaging diagnosis of the obstruction region has been accomplished using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However CT requires the use of ionizi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jing J,Zhang J,Loy AC,Wong BJ,Chen Z

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel confocal microscope that has dual-axis architecture and biaxial postobjective scanning for the collection of fluorescence images from biological specimens. This design uses two low-numerical-aperture lenses to achieve high axial resolution and long working distance, and the scanning mirror located d...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang TD,Contag CH,Mandella MJ,Chan NY,Kino GS

更新日期：2004-07-01 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 propose a handheld projective imaging device for orthotopic projection of near-infrared fluorescence images onto target biological tissue at visible wavelengths without any additional visual aid. The device integrates a laser diode light source module, a camera module, a projector, an ultrasonic distance sensor, a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li C,Liu P,Shao P,Pei J,Li Y,Pawlik TM,Martin EW,Xu RX

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：: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 properties of polarized light emerging from turbid media in the exact backscattering direction are studied by modulating the incident light polarization state and isolating the synchronous signal with lock-in amplifier detection. The results are reported for polystyrene microsphere suspensions in distilled water, ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Studinski RC,Vitkin IA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) has the capacity to record second-harmonic generation (SHG) and endogenous two-photon excitation fluorescence (2PEF) signals emitted from biological tissues. The development of fiber-based miniaturized endomicroscopes delivering pulses in the femtosecond range will allow the transfer of MP...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Garofalakis A,Kruglik SG,Mansuryan T,Gillibert A,Thiberville L,Louradour F,Vever-Bizet C,Bourg-Heckly G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the in vivo assessment of human scars by parametric imaging of birefringence using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). Such in vivo assessment is subject to artifacts in the detected birefringence caused by scattering from blood vessels. To reduce these artifacts, we preprocess...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gong P,Chin L,Es'haghian S,Liew YM,Wood FM,Sampson DD,McLaughlin RA

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

abstract：:In the search for improved imaging modalities for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, a high negative prediction value is also important. Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging is a relatively new technique that has high potential for visualizing breast malignancies, but little is known about the photoacoustic app...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Heijblom M,Piras D,Maartens E,Huisman EJ,van den Engh FM,Klaase JM,Steenbergen W,Manohar S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most reconstruction algorithms used in photoacoustic tomography do not account for the effects of acoustic attenuation on the recorded signals. For experimental measurements made in biological tissue, the frequency dependent acoustic attenuation causes high frequency components of the propagating photoacoustic waves t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Treeby BE

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：:The use of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence to gain metabolic information on kidneys in response to an alteration in oxygen availability has previously been experimentally demonstrated, but signal quantification has not, to date, been addressed. In this work the relative contribution to ra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Raman RN,Pivetti CD,Rubenchik AM,Matthews DL,Troppmann C,Demos SG

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a potential clinical tool for enamel lesion monitoring. Swept-source OCT findings were compared with cross-sectional nanohardness findings of enamel. Subsurface bovine enamel lesions in three groups were subjected to (1) deionized water (control), (2) phosphoryl oligosaccharide of...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mandurah MM,Sadr A,Shimada Y,Kitasako Y,Nakashima S,Bakhsh TA,Tagami J,Sumi Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Spectrally resolved two-photon excited autofluorescence imaging is used to distinguish different cell types and functional areas during dynamic processes in the living gut. Excitation and emission spectra of mucosal tissue and tissue components are correlated to spectra of endogenous chromophores. We show that selecti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Orzekowsky-Schroeder R,Klinger A,Martensen B,Blessenohl M,Gebert A,Vogel A,Hüttmann G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is challenging to image fluorescence objects with high spatial resolution in a highly scattering medium. Recently reported temperature-sensitive indocyanine green-loaded pluronic nanocapsules can potentially alleviate this problem. Here we demonstrate a frequency-domain temperature-modulated fluorescence tomography...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lin Y,Kwong TC,Bolisay L,Gulsen G

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphogenetic relationship between early patterning and polarity formation is of fundamental interest and remains a controversial issue in preimplantation embryonic development. We use a label-free three-dimensional (3-D) imaging technique of full-field optical coherence tomography (FF-OCT) successfully for the fi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zheng JG,Huo T,Chen T,Wang C,Zhang N,Tian N,Zhao F,Lu D,Chen D,Ma W,Sun JL,Xue P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the application of a microfluidic optical cell stretcher to measure the elasticity of malaria-infected red blood cells. The measurements confirm an increase in host cell rigidity during the maturation of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The device combines the selectivity and sensitivity of single-cell e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mauritz JM,Tiffert T,Seear R,Lautenschläger F,Esposito A,Lew VL,Guck J,Kaminski CF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple empirical method is presented to determine the scattering coefficient mu' s from backscattered polarized images of turbid media. It uses the ratio, pixel by pixel, of two images that are the second and the first backscattered Stokes parameter images Q and I, respectively. Taking this image ratio, then integra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jaillon F,Saint-Jalmes H

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:We introduce the design and theoretical analysis of a fiber-optic architecture for neural recording without contrast agents, which transduces neural electrical signals into a multiplexed optical readout. Our sensor design is inspired by electro-optic modulators, which modulate the refractive index of a waveguide by ap...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rodriques SG,Marblestone AH,Scholvin J,Dapello J,Sarkar D,Mankin M,Gao R,Wood L,Boyden ES

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the relationship between accommodation and vision quality, a custom-built ultra-long scan depth spectral domain optical coherence tomography (UL-SDOCT) and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (HSWFS) were combined. The resolution and scan depth of UL-SDOCT are 6 μm and 15.6 mm, respectively, which...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Shi G,Wang Y,Yuan Y,Wei L,Lv F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photobiological research in the last 30 yr has shown the existence of ultraweak photon emission in biological tissue, which can be detected with sophisticated photomultiplier systems. Although the emission of this ultraweak radiation, often termed biophotons, is extremely low in mammalian cells, it can be efficiently ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Niggli HJ,Tudisco S,Privitera G,Applegate LA,Scordino A,Musumeci F

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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