Polarization birefringence measurements for characterizing the myocardium, including healthy, infarcted, and stem-cell-regenerated tissues.

abstract：:The aim is to study cerebral vascular functional connectivity during motor tasks and resting state using multichannel frequency-domain near-infrared spectrophotometry. Maps of 5.7 × 10.8 cm size displaying changes in cerebral oxyhemoglobin (O(2)Hb), deoxyhemoglobin (HHb), and total hemoglobin (tHb) concentrations were...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wolf U,Toronov V,Choi JH,Gupta R,Michalos A,Gratton E,Wolf M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the implementation and use of an adaptive optics loop in the imaging path of a commercial wide field microscope. We show that it is possible to maintain the optical performances of the original microscope when imaging through aberrant biological samples. The sources used for illuminating the adaptive optic...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Vermeulen P,Muro E,Pons T,Loriette V,Fragola A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) provide complementary views of the retina, with the former collecting fluorescence data with good lateral but relatively low-axial resolution, and the latter collecting label-free backscattering data with comparable lateral but much higher axia...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhang P,Zam A,Jian Y,Wang X,Li Y,Lam KS,Burns ME,Sarunic MV,Pugh EN Jr,Zawadzki RJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The lymphatic system is responsible for fluid homeostasis and immune cell trafficking and has been implicated in several diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and cancer metastasis. Despite its importance, the lack of suitable in vivo imaging techniques has hampered our understanding of the lymphatic system. This is,...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Forbrich A,Heinmiller A,Zemp RJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential feature of the confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) is the generation of optical sections by the removal of out-of-focus light. About ten years ago, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) was introduced as an alternative method for obtaining optical sections from biological specimens. Here we comp...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigel A,Schild D,Zeug A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pronounced absorption peaks in blue and red ranges of the chlorin-based photosensitizer (PS) absorption spectrum provide additional benefits in photodynamic therapy (PDT) performance. Differing optical properties of biological tissues in these ranges allow for both dual-wavelength diagnostics and PDT performance. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kurakina D,Khilov A,Shakhova M,Orlinskaya N,Sergeeva E,Meller A,Turchin I,Kirillin M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a systematic approach to image, track, and quantify the movements of HIV viruses embedded in human cervical mucus. The underlying motivation for this study is that, in HIV-infected adults, women account for more than half of all new cases and most of these women acquire the infection through heterosexual c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Boukari F,Makrogiannis S,Nossal R,Boukari H

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Diffusion of two model drugs-benzyl nicotinate and ibuprofen-and the plasma macromolecule albumin across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta was studied ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging. Solutions of these molecules were applied to the endothelial surface of histological se...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Palombo F,Danoux CB,Weinberg PD,Kazarian SG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of bioluminescence in living animals, such as cell-based biosensor applications, require measurement of light at different wavelengths, but accurate light measurement is impeded by absorption by tissues at wavelengths<600 nm. We present a novel approach to this problem--the use of a plastic window in the skin/...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Huang Q,Acha V,Yow R,Schneider E,Sardar DK,Hornsby PJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the statistical polarization parameters of biological tissue histological section images with different morphological structure. First we outline the results of polarization coordinate mapping and analysis of the statistics of the first to fourth orders of biological tissue image polarization azimuth an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Angelsky OV,Ushenko AG,Ushenko YA,Ushenko YG,Tomka YY,Pishak VP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilot results on the application of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) approach for studying the implementation of the optical immersion technique for the visualization of single and multiple gold nanoparticles in biological cells are presented. We focus on two different scenarios considering single biological c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tanev S,Tuchin VV,Paddon P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a Teflon-AF liquid core optical fiber (LCOF) geometry to enhance the collection of Raman scattering from the biochemical creatinine, dissolved in water and in urine. At short integration times, where shot noise is most troublesome, the enhanced signal leads to greater accuracy in estimating the ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Qi D,Berger AJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrimination of benign and malignant melanocytic lesions is a major issue in clinical dermatology. Assessment of the thickness of melanoma is critical for prognosis and treatment selection. We aimed to evaluate a novel optical computed tomography (optical-CT) system as a tool for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging of m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kokolakis A,Zacharakis G,Krasagakis K,Lasithiotakis K,Favicchio R,Spiliopoulos G,Giannikaki E,Ripoll J,Tosca A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative applications of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent contrast agents can be aided by instrumentation capable of merging the view of surgical field with that of NIR fluorescence. We demonstrate augmented microscopy, an intraoperative imaging technique in which bright-field (real) and electronically processed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Watson JR,Gainer CF,Martirosyan N,Skoch J,Lemole GM Jr,Anton R,Romanowski M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-harmonic-generation (SHG) microscopy has emerged as a powerful tool to image unstained living tissues and probe their molecular and supramolecular organization. In this article, we review the physical basis of SHG, highlighting how coherent summation of second-harmonic response leads to the sensitivity of polar...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Vanzi F,Sacconi L,Cicchi R,Pavone FS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative and qualitative evaluations of structure and composition are important in monitoring development of engineered vascular tissue both in vitro and in vivo. Destructive techniques are an obstacle for performing time-lapse analyses from a single sample or animal. This study demonstrates the ability of time-re...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Fatakdawala H,Griffiths LG,Humphrey S,Marcu L

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Toward developing a new method for restoring tissue viscoelasticity in scarred vocal folds, we previously proposed a method to localize biomaterials within subepithelial voids ablated using ultrafast laser pulses. The clinical implementation of this method necessitates the quantification of the laser parameters for ab...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yildirim M,Ferhanoglu O,Kobler J,Zeitels SM,Ben-Yakar A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vivo imaging of the vascular system can provide novel insight into the dynamics of vasoconstriction and vasodilation. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is an optical, noncontact imaging technique based on interferometry of short-coherent near-infrared light with axial resolution of less than 10 m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Meissner S,Müller G,Walther J,Morawietz H,Koch E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer simulation called RHME (Retinal Heating in Moving Eye) is developed to simulate the heating pattern that occurs in the retina during a long-duration exposure to a continuous wave laser beam. The simulation takes into account eye movements that occur during a deliberate fixation. Due to the rapid (millisecon...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lund BJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Investigations of foveal aberrations assume circular pupils. However, the pupil becomes increasingly elliptical with increase in visual field eccentricity. We address this and other issues concerning peripheral aberration specification. METHODS:One approach uses an elliptical pupil similar to the actual pupil ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Charman WN,Mathur A,Scott DH,Hartwig A,Atchison DA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelium (EP) thickness and the standard deviation (SD) of A-mode scan intensity in the laminar propria (LP) layer are used as effective indicators for the diagnosis of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) based on the noninvasive clinical scanning of a swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) system of approxim...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee CK,Tsai MT,Lee HC,Chen HM,Chiang CP,Wang YM,Yang CC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first experimental result of direct delineation of the nuclei of living rat bladder epithelium with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (uOCT). We demonstrate that the cellular details embedded in the speckle noise in a uOCT image can be uncovered by time-lapse frame averaging that takes a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pan YT,Wu ZL,Yuan ZJ,Wang ZG,Du CW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autofluorescence of the cornea within specific wavelength region and dynamic light scattering measurements of ocular tissue have both been used for early-stage detection of the presence of diabetic retinopathy. In the present study, autofluorescence of the cornea and dynamic light scattering in the cornea and vitreous...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rovati L,Fankhauser F,Docchio F,Van Best J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Our study introduces an application of deep learning to virtually generate fluorescence images to reduce the burdens of cost and time from considerable effort in sample preparation related to chemical fixation and staining. AIM:The objective of our work was to determine how successfully deep learning meth...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nguyen T,Bui V,Thai A,Lam V,Raub C,Chang LC,Nehmetallah G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a quantitative analysis of dynamic diffuse optical measurements to obtain oxygen saturation of hemoglobin in volume oscillating compartments. We used a phasor representation of oscillatory hemodynamics at the heart rate and respiration frequency to separate the oscillations of tissue concentrations of oxyhe...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kainerstorfer JM,Sassaroli A,Fantini S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time photoacoustic imaging system is designed and built. This system is based on a commercially available ultrasound imaging system. It can achieve a frame rate of 8 frames/sec. Vasculature in the hand of a human volunteer is imaged, and the resulting photoacoustic image is combined with the ultrasound image. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kolkman RG,Brands PJ,Steenbergen W,van Leeuwen TG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A promising method to achieve rapid convergence for image reconstruction is introduced for the continuous-wave near-infrared (NIR) diffuse optical tomography (DOT). Tomographic techniques are usually implemented off line and are time consuming to realize image reconstruction, especially for NIR DOT. Therefore, it is e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pan MC,Pan MC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00