Hybrid method for fast Monte Carlo simulation of diffuse reflectance from a multilayered tissue model with tumor-like heterogeneities.

abstract：:We have been developing a Mach-Zehnder type of optical frequency domain reflectometry optical coherence tomography (OFDR-OCT) that uses discretely swept superstructure-grating distributed Bragg- reflector (SSG-DBR) lasers developed for telecommunication fields and has a 12-mm-depth range. We report images obtained wit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kakuma H,Ohbayashi K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sampling region size and tissue heterogeneity is examined using fluorescence histogram assessment in a rat prostate tumor model with benzoporphyrin derivative fluorophore. Spatial heterogeneity in the fluorescence signal occurs on both macroscopic and microscopic scales. The periphery of the tumor is mor...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pogue BW,Chen B,Zhou X,Hoopes PJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented an innovative laser-assisted reduction surgery (LARS) based on plasma-induced ablation and photodisruption effects. In addition, we developed a laser operation system. Fetuses of mice from the Institute for Cancer Research that were immersed in physiological saline were irradiated by convergent-pulse...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang Y,Xiong Q,Ye Z,Ge J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood, being a suspension of deformable red cells suspended in plasma, displays flow dynamics considerably more complicated than those of an ideal Newtonian fluid. Flow dynamics in blood capillaries of a few hundred micrometers in diameter are investigated using Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) and Doppler ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Moger J,Matcher SJ,Winlove CP,Shore A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optoacoustic (photoacoustic) diagnostic modality is a technique that combines high optical contrast and ultrasound spatial resolution. We proposed using the optoacoustic technique for a number of applications, including cancer detection, monitoring of thermotherapy (hyperthermia, coagulation, and freezing), monitoring...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Esenaliev RO

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a biochip based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology for detection of specific genetic sequences using molecular beacons (MB) immobilized on solid surfaces as probes. The applicability of this miniature detection system for screening for the BRCA1 gene is evaluated using ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Culha M,Stokes DL,Griffin GD,Vo-Dinh T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under ultraviolet and visible light excitation, melanin is essentially a nonfluorescent substance. This work reports our study on near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence properties of melanins, and explores potential applications of NIR fluorescence techniques for evaluating skin disorders involving melanin. The NIR fluoresc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Huang Z,Zeng H,Hamzavi I,Alajlan A,Tan E,McLean DI,Lui H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infrared and Raman spectroscopy of bone and teeth tissues are reviewed. Characteristic spectra are obtained for both the mineral and protein components of these tissues. Vibrational spectroscopy is used to study the mineralization process, to define the chemical structure changes accompanying bone diseases, and to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Carden A,Morris MD

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen fibers can be imaged with second harmonic generation (SHG) and are associated with efficient tumor cell locomotion. Preferential locomotion along these fibers correlates with a more aggressively metastatic phenotype, and changes in SHG emission properties accompany changes in metastatic outcome. We therefore ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Burke RM,Madden KS,Perry SW,Zettel ML,Brown EB 3rd

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report noninvasive, in vivo optical imaging deep within a mouse brain by swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT), enabled by a 1.3-μm vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). VCSEL SS-OCT offers a constant signal sensitivity of 105 dB throughout an entire depth of 4.25 mm in air, ensuring an exten...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Choi WJ,Wang RK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the multiresolution ability of wavelets and effectiveness of singular value decomposition (SVD) to identify statistically robust parameters, we find a number of local and global features, capturing spectral correlations in the co- and cross-polarized channels, at different scales (of human breast tissues). The c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gharekhan AH,Arora S,Oza AN,Sureshkumar MB,Pradhan A,Panigrahi PK

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Emission and excitation spectra of collagen were recorded in the ultraviolet and visible regions. The existence of several types of chromophores absorbing and emitting throughout these spectral regions was observed. It was shown that laser irradiation at 355 and 532 nm caused collagen fluorescence photobleaching by 30...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yova D,Hovhannisyan V,Theodossiou T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-field optical coherence tomography (FF-OCT) capable of in vivo cellular-level imaging is demonstrated for nonscanning horizontal cross-sectional imaging. The system is based on a white light interference microscope illuminated by a thermal light source. A dual-channel two-dimensional (2-D) detection technique inc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Akiba M,Chan KP

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a wide-field optical tomography technique, which allows the measurement-guided optimization of illumination patterns for enhanced reconstruction performances. The iterative optimization of the excitation pattern aims at reducing the dynamic range in photons transmitted through biological tissue. It increas...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Venugopal V,Intes X

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher-order optical errors of the human eye are often responsible for reduced visual acuity in spite of an optimal spherical or cylindrical refraction. These optical aberrations are of natural origin or can result from operations in the eye that involve optical structures. The ocular aberrometer presented is based on...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mierdel P,Kaemmerer M,Mrochen M,Krinke HE,Seiler T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We fabricate scaffolds with a fine linear grating (periodicity of 1 to 8 microm and height of 1 microm) on a glass substrate for controlling cardiomyocyte orientation. The fabrication is done by the solidification of a liquid photopolymerizable material using two laser beam interference. As the photopolymerizable mate...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Fujita A,Fujita K,Nakamura O,Matsuda T,Kawata S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for tissue fluorescence quantification in situ using a handheld fiber optic probe that measures both the fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra. A simplified method to decouple the fluorescence spectrum from distorting effects of the tissue optical absorption and scattering is developed, with...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim A,Khurana M,Moriyama Y,Wilson BC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy is one of the main methods to treat cancer. However, due to the propagation pattern of high-energy photons in tissue and their inability to discriminate between healthy and malignant tissues, healthy tissues may also be damaged, causing undesired side effects. A possible method for internal electron thera...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tepper M,Barkai U,Gannot I

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive brain cancer cells cannot be visualized during surgery and so they are often not removed. These residual cancer cells give rise to recurrences.

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jermyn M,Desroches J,Mercier J,Tremblay MA,St-Arnaud K,Guiot MC,Petrecca K,Leblond F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional white-light and fluorescent imaging techniques provide powerful methods to extract high-resolution information from two-dimensional (2-D) sections, but to retrieve information from a three-dimensional (3-D) volume they require relatively slow scanning methods that result in increased acquisition time. Usin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Duocastella M,Sun B,Arnold CB

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Computational modeling of arterial mechanics continues to progress, even to the point of allowing the study of complex regions such as the aortic arch. Nevertheless, most prior studies assign homogeneous and isotropic material properties and constant wall thickness even when implementing patient-specific luminal geome...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Genovese K,Humphrey JD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Monte Carlo algorithm is applied to simulate the measurements of a sample with glass slides sandwiched between the double integrating sphere (DIS) setup. The effects caused by various parameters, such as the sample port of integrating sphere, thicknesses, and optical properties of the sample, on light losses and opt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu D,Lu W,Zeng S,Luo Q

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence imaging for detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is based on the selective production and accumulation of fluorescing porphyrins-mainly, protoporphyrin IX-in cancerous tissues after the instillation of Hexvix®. Although the sensitivity of this procedure is very good, its specificity is somewhat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lovisa B,Jichlinski P,Weber BC,Aymon D,van den Bergh H,Wagnières G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present Monte Carlo modeling studies to provide a quantitative understanding of contrast observed in spatially resolved reflectance spectra of normal and highly dysplastic cervical tissue. Simulations have been carried out to analyze the sensitivity of spectral measurements to a range of changes in epithelial and s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Arifler D,MacAulay C,Follen M,Richards-Kortum R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical need exists for low-cost and noninvasive imaging tools capable of detecting inflammation in the joints of inflammatory arthritis patients. Previous studies have reported an optical contrast between inflamed and noninflamed joints resulting from distinct absorption and scattering properties. Accurate classif...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lighter D,Filer A,Dehghani H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of methods that allow microscale studies of complex biomaterials based on their molecular composition is of great interest to a wide range of research fields. We show that stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy is an excellent analytical tool to study distributions of different biomolecules in mu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Roeffaers MB,Zhang X,Freudiger CW,Saar BG,van Ruijven M,van Dalen G,Xiao C,Xie XS

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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