Low-frequency wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging using a high-power near-infrared light-emitting diode light source.

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Melanoma is a deadly cancer that physicians struggle to diagnose early because they lack the knowledge to differentiate benign from malignant lesions. Deep machine learning approaches to image analysis offer promise but lack the transparency to be widely adopted as stand-alone diagnostics. AIM:We aimed to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gareau DS,Browning J,Correa Da Rosa J,Suarez-Farinas M,Lish S,Zong AM,Firester B,Vrattos C,Renert-Yuval Y,Gamboa M,Vallone MG,Barragán-Estudillo ZF,Tamez-Peña AL,Montoya J,Jesús-Silva MA,Carrera C,Malvehy J,Puig S,Mar

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We successfully acquire the in vivo Raman spectrum of melanin from human skin using a rapid near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectrometer. The Raman signals of in vivo cutaneous melanin are similar to those observed from natural and synthetic eumelanins. The melanin Raman spectrum is dominated by two intense and broad peaks ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Huang Z,Lui H,Chen XK,Alajlan A,McLean DI,Zeng H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors' aim is to assess and quantitatively measure brain hemodynamic and morphological variations during closed-head injury (CHI) in mice using orthogonal diffuse near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (o-DRS). CHI is a type of injury to the head that does not penetrate the skull. Usually, it is caused by mechan...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Abookasis D,Shochat A,Mathews MS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the prime limiting factors of optical imaging in biological applications is the diffusion of light by tissue, which prevents focusing at depths greater than the optical diffusion limit (typically ?1??mm). To overcome this challenge, wavefront shaping techniques that use a spatial light modulator (SLM) to correc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hemphill AS,Tay JW,Wang LV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simultaneous multispectral fluorescence imaging system incorporating multiplexed volume holographic grating (VHG) is developed to acquire multispectral images of an object in one shot. With the multiplexed VHG, the imaging system can provide the distribution and spectral characteristics of multiple fluorophores in t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lv Y,Zhang J,Zhang D,Cai W,Chen N,Luo J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the protocol for an inexpensive and nondestructive optical reflectance assay for the measurement of biofilm formation. Reflectance data are obtained using an Ocean Optics (Dunedin, Florida) USB 2000 spectrometer with a polychromatic light source. A fiber optic cable is used both for illumination and collec...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Broschat SL,Loge FJ,Peppin JD,White D,Call DR,Kuhn E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present systematic characterization of a photoacoustic imaging system optimized for rapid, high-resolution tomographic imaging of small animals. The system is based on a 128-element ultrasonic transducer array with a 5-MHz center frequency and 80% bandwidth shaped to a quarter circle of 25 mm radius. A 16-channel d...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gamelin J,Aguirre A,Maurudis A,Huang F,Castillo D,Wang LV,Zhu Q

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion of therapeutic macromolecules through the extracellular matrix of tumor tissue is a crucial step in drug delivery. We use fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to measure diffusion of IgG (150 kDa) and dextrans (155 kDa and 2 MDa) in solution, 5% gelatin hydrogel, and multicellular spheroids. Gel and s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Reitan NK,Juthajan A,Lindmo T,de Lange Davies C

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：: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：:Computer simulation is used to facilitate the design of fiber-probe geometries that enable enhanced detection of optical signals arising from specific tissue depths. Obtaining understanding of the relationship between fiber-probe design and tissue interrogation is critical when developing strategies for optical detect...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang AM,Bender JE,Pfefer J,Utzinger U,Drezek RA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging methodology that is able to image tissue to depths of over 1 mm. Many epithelial conditions, such as melanoma and oral cancers, require an invasive biopsy for diagnosis. A noninvasive, real-time, point of care method of imaging depth-resolved epithelial struc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Smith LE,Hearnden V,Lu Z,Smallwood R,Hunter KD,Matcher SJ,Thornhill MH,Murdoch C,MacNeil S

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Surgical excision of the whole prostate through a radical prostatectomy procedure is part of the standard of care for prostate cancer. Positive surgical margins (cancer cells having spread into surrounding nonresected tissue) occur in as many as 1 in 5 cases and strongly correlate with disease recurrence and the requi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pinto M,Zorn KC,Tremblay JP,Desroches J,Dallaire F,Aubertin K,Marple E,Kent C,Leblond F,Trudel D,Lesage F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As small animal optical imaging and tomography are gaining popularity for interrogating functional and molecular events in vivo, it becomes increasingly necessary to gain knowledge of the optical properties of the species investigated to better understand and describe photon propagation through their tissues. To achie...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Niedre MJ,Turner GM,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Complete and continuous imaging of microvascular networks is crucial for a wide variety of biomedical applications. Photoacoustic tomography can provide high resolution microvascular imaging using hemoglobin within red blood cells (RBCs) as an endogenic contrast agent. However, intermittent RBC flow in capillaries res...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yao J,Maslov K,Hu S,Wang LV

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a novel temporal characterization technique, we determined that a threshold average laser power of 160 mW is required to drill through a 0.75-mm-thick cortical bone for a Nd:YVO(4) mode-locked laser oscillator with a peak intensity of 1.3 GWcm(2). The ablation mechanism is identified as average-power induced ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee YM,Tu RY,Chiang AC,Huang YC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the feasibility of using diode laser gas spectroscopy for sinusitis diagnostics. We simulate light propagation using the Monte Carlo concept, as implemented by the Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP) software. Simulations and experimental data are compared for a model based on two scattering bodies...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Persson L,Kristensson E,Simonsson L,Svanberg S

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Microscopic visualization of islets of Langerhans under normal and diabetic conditions is essential for understanding the pathophysiology of the disease. The intrinsic opacity of pancreata, however, limits optical accessibility for high-resolution light microscopy of islets in situ. Because the standard microtome-base...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Fu YY,Lu CH,Lin CW,Juang JH,Enikolopov G,Sibley E,Chiang AS,Tang SC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated miniature multi-modal microscope (4M device) for microendoscopy was built and tested. Imaging performance is evaluated and imaging results are presented for both fluorescence and reflectance samples. Images of biological samples show successful imaging of both thin layers of fixed cells prepared on a sli...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rogers JD,Landau S,Tkaczyk TS,Descour MR,Rahman MS,Richards-Kortum R,Kärkäinen AH,Christenson T

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Near-infrared confocal microendoscopy is a promising technique for deep in vivo imaging of tissues and can generate high-resolution cross-sectional images at the micron-scale. We demonstrate the use of a dual-axis confocal (DAC) near-infrared fluorescence microendoscope with a 5.5-mm outer diameter for obtaining clini...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Piyawattanametha W,Ra H,Qiu Z,Friedland S,Liu JT,Loewke K,Kino GS,Solgaard O,Wang TD,Mandella MJ,Contag CH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirror based endoscopic swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system that can perform three-dimensional (3-D) imaging at high speed is reported. The key component enabling 3-D endoscopic imaging is a two-axis MEMS scanning mirror which has a 0.8×0.8  mm2 mirror plate...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang D,Fu L,Wang X,Gong Z,Samuelson S,Duan C,Jia H,Ma JS,Xie H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active optics such as deformable mirrors can be used to control both focal depth and aberrations during scanning laser microscopy. If the focal depth can be changed dynamically during scanning, then imaging of oblique surfaces becomes possible. If aberrations can be corrected dynamically during scanning, an image can ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Archer-Zhang CC,Foster WB,Downey RD,Arrasmith CL,Dickensheets DL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in females. To monitor chemotherapeutic efficacy for breast cancer, medical imaging systems such as x-ray mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound imaging have been used. Currently, it can take up to 3 to 6 weeks to see the tumor respo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee S,Jeong H,Seong M,Kim JG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroartemisinin (DHA), a front-line antimalarial herbal compound, has been shown to possess promising anticancer activity with low toxicity. We have previously reported that DHA induced caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. However, the cellular target and molecular mechanism of DHA-indu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lu YY,Chen TS,Wang XP,Li L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of ocular diseases are associated with abnormalities in ocular circulation. As such, there is considerable interest in techniques for quantifying retinal blood flow, among which Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be the most promising. We present an approach to measure retinal blood flow in ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Werkmeister RM,Vietauer M,Knopf C,Fürnsinn C,Leitgeb RA,Reitsamer H,Gröschl M,Garhöfer G,Vilser W,Schmetterer L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptive pulse shaper controlled by multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scanning (MIIPS) was used, together with a prism-pair, to measure and cancel high-order phase distortions introduced by a high-numerical-aperture objective and other dispersive elements of a two-photon laser-scanning microscope. The deliv...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Xi P,Andegeko Y,Pestov D,Lovozoy VV,Dantus M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00