Evaluation of hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy in combination with angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab using in vivo fluorescence confocal endomicroscopy.

abstract：:Nonviral, site-specific gene delivery to deep tissue is required for gene therapy of a spinal cord injury. However, an efficient method satisfying these requirements has not been established. This study demonstrates efficient and targeted gene transfer into the spinal cord by using photomechanical waves (PMWs), which ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ando T,Sato S,Toyooka T,Uozumi Y,Nawashiro H,Ashida H,Obara M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) provides a powerful tool for fast and noninvasive disease diagnosis. The ability to leverage DOS to accurately quantify tissue optical parameters hinges on the model used to estimate light-tissue interaction. We describe the accuracy of a lookup table (LUT)-based inverse model for me...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nichols BS,Rajaram N,Tunnell JW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent proteins and dyes are routine tools for biological research to describe the behavior of genes, proteins, and cells, as well as more complex physiological dynamics such as vessel permeability and pharmacokinetics. The use of these probes in whole body in vivo imaging would allow extending the range and scop...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Favicchio R,Psycharakis S,Schönig K,Bartsch D,Mamalaki C,Papamatheakis J,Ripoll J,Zacharakis G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse near-infrared tomography of tissue reveals scattering changes that originate from the submicroscopic features of the tissue; yet the existing tools to use this information to predict which features contribute to the scattering spectrum are limited by the lack of direct data quantifying the particle sizes. Brea...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bartek M,Wang X,Wells W,Paulsen KD,Pogue BW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:The retina is critical for vision, and several diseases may alter its biomechanical properties. However, assessing the biomechanical properties of the retina nondestructively is a challenge due to its fragile nature and location within the eye globe. Advancements in Brillouin spectroscopy have provided the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ambekar YS,Singh M,Scarcelli G,Rueda EM,Hall BM,Poché RA,Larin KV

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsurface fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) has promising potential for noninvasive characterization of molecular and cellular activities in small animals by tomographic means in reflectance geometry. In this work, subsurface FMT is employed to monitor the therapeutic response of cisplatin in tumor-bearing mice...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu F,Cao X,He W,Song J,Dai Z,Zhang B,Luo J,Li Y,Bai J

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:We present in vivo human total retinal blood flow measurements using Doppler Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). The scan pattern consisted of two concentric circles around the optic nerve head, transecting all retinal branch arteries and veins. The relative positions of each blood vessel in the two OCT...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang Y,Bower BA,Izatt JA,Tan O,Huang D

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:We have used an adaptive optics confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope to assess oxygen saturation in small retinal vessels. Images of the vessels with a diameter smaller than 50 μm are recorded at oxygen sensitive and isosbestic wavelengths (680 and 796 nm, respectively). The vessel optical densities (ODs) are determ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li H,Lu J,Shi G,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical technologies may be applied to multiple facets of spinal surgery from diagnostics to intraoperative image guidance to therapeutics. In diagnostics, the current standard remains cross-sectional static imaging. Optical surface scanning tools may have an important role; however, significant work is required to cl...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guha D,Yang VXD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study using plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) to image epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in live cells. Through detailed analysis of the NP scattering spectra, we determine the intracellular refractive index (RI) within attoliter volumes inside of the living cells. Molecular imaging is demonstrated usin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Curry AC,Crow M,Wax A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We theoretically investigate the effect of noise on frequency-domain heterodyne and/or homodyne measurements of intensity-modulated beams propagating through diffusive media, such as a photon density wave. We assumed that the attenuated amplitude and delayed phase are estimated by taking the Fourier transform of the n...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kang D,Kupinski MA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A Monte-Carlo-based model of fluorescence is developed that is capable of extracting the intrinsic fluorescence properties of tissue, which are independent of the absorption and scattering properties of tissue. This model is flexible in its applicability to different illumination-collection geometries and is also vali...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Palmer GM,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experimentally study potential mechanisms by which the enhancement factor in low-coherence enhanced backscattering (LEBS) can probe subtle variations in radial intensity distribution in weakly scattering media. We use enhanced backscattering of light by implementing either (1) low spatial coherence illumination or ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liu J,Xu Z,Song Q,Konger RL,Kim YL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the utility of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a tool for physicians to study cortical plasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Motor cortex activation patterns were studied in five healthy children and five children with CP (8.4+/-2.3 years old in both groups) performing a fing...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Khan B,Tian F,Behbehani K,Romero MI,Delgado MR,Clegg NJ,Smith L,Reid D,Liu H,Alexandrakis G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate optoelectronic properties of integrated structures comprising semiconductor light-emitting materials for optical probes of microscopic biological systems. Compound semiconductors are nearly ideal light emitters for probing cells and other microorganisms because of their spectral match to the transparenc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gourley PL,Copeland RG,Cox JD,Hendricks JK,McDonald AE,Peterson SL,Sasaki DY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot human study is conducted to evaluate the potential of using diffuse photon density wave (DPDW) methodology at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths (685 to 830 nm) to monitor changes in tissue hemoglobin concentration in diabetic foot ulcers. Hemoglobin concentration is measured by DPDW in 12 human wounds for a peri...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Papazoglou ES,Neidrauer M,Zubkov L,Weingarten MS,Pourrezaei K

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Using commercially available organic fluorophores, the current applications of Förster (fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) are limited to about 80 Å. However, many essential activities in cells are spatially and/or temporally dependent on the assembly/disassembly of transient complexes consisting of large-...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Maliwal BP,Raut S,Fudala R,D'Auria S,Marzullo VM,Luini A,Gryczynski I,Gryczynski Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A side-viewing, 2.3-mm diameter, surface magnifying chromoendoscopy-optical coherence tomography (SMC-OCT) endoscope has been designed for simultaneous, nondestructive surface fluorescence visualization and cross-sectional imaging. We apply this endoscope to in vivo examination of the mouse colon. A 30,000 element fib...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wall RA,Barton JK

更新日期：2012-08-01 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 metabolic rate of oxygen consumption, an important indicator of tissue metabolism, can be expressed as the change of net blood oxygen flux into and out of a tissue region per 100 g of tissue. In this work, we propose a photoacoustic and Doppler ultrasound method for imaging local blood oxygen flux of a single vess...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jiang Y,Forbrich A,Harrison T,Zemp RJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 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