Light propagation in a turbid medium with insonified microbubbles.

abstract：:Real-time monitoring of functional tissue parameters, such as local blood oxygenation, based on optical imaging could provide groundbreaking advances in the diagnosis and interventional therapy of various diseases. Although photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a modality with great potential to measure optical absorption dee...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kirchner T,Gröhl J,Maier-Hein L

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:We demonstrate the first application of Raman spectroscopy in diagnosing nonmalignant, premalignant, malignant, and metastatic stages of breast cancer in a three-dimensional (3-D) cell culture model that closely mimics an in vivo environment. Comprehensive study comparing classification in two-dimensional (2-D) and 3-...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Damayanti NP,Fang Y,Parikh MR,Craig AP,Kirshner J,Irudayaraj J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring the elasticity distribution inside the human body is of great interest because elastic abnormalities can serve as indicators of several diseases. We present a method for mapping elasticity inside soft tissues by imaging surface acoustic waves (SAWs) with digital holographic interferometry. With this method, ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li S,Mohan KD,Sanders WW,Oldenburg AL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraductal carcinoma is a precancerous lesion of the breast and the immediate precursor of invasive ductal carcinoma. Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) was used to monitor the progression from intraductal carcinoma to invasive ductal carcinoma, which can improve early detection of precursor lesions and halt progression to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wu Y,Fu F,Lian Y,Nie Y,Zhuo S,Wang C,Chen J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce the concept of deliberate placement of absorbers to alter the average path of photons through tissue for a biomedical optical device. By changing the reflectivity of a needle that separates a source and detector, the average photon path through a turbid medium can be changed. Totally reflective needles ha...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Simonson P,D'Amico E,Gratton E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmembrane protein prestin is crucial to outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility and contributes to the sensitivity and frequency selectivity of mammalian hearing. The molecular mechanisms of electromotility remain unclear, but prestin is purported to function as both a voltage sensor and a molecular motor. Under...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Organ LE,Raphael RM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different colors of visible light penetrate to varying depths in tissue due to the wavelength dependence of tissue optical absorption and elastic scattering. We exploit this to map the contour of the closest surface of a buried fluorescent object. This uses a novel algorithm based on the diffusion theory description o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim A,Roy M,Dadani FN,Wilson BC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examine the implications of excitation saturation on fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments. In particular we present both experimental and theoretical evidence that fluorescein, one of the most frequently used fluorophores in FRAP, does not always comply with the basic assumpti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Braeckmans K,Stubbe BG,Remaut K,Demeester J,De Smedt SC

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:A main field in biomedical optics research is diffuse optical tomography, where intensity variations of the transmitted light traversing through tissue are detected. Mathematical models and reconstruction algorithms based on finite element methods and Monte Carlo simulations describe the light transport inside the tis...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baum K,Hartmann R,Bischoff T,Oelerich JO,Finkensieper S,Heverhagen JT

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：: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：:The fibrillar collagen network in tumor and normal tissues is different due to remodeling of the extracellular matrix during the malignant process. Collagen type I fibers have the crystalline and noncentrosymmetric properties required for generating the second-harmonic signal. The content and structure of collagen wer...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hompland T,Erikson A,Lindgren M,Lindmo T,de Lange Davies C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial neural stimulation is widely used in clinic, rehabilitation, and research. One of the limitations of electrical stimulation is the current spread in tissue. Recently, pulsed mid-infrared laser stimulation of nerves has been investigated as an alternative stimulation method. The likely benefits of infrared n...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Matic AI,Walsh JT Jr,Richter CP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an offset-sparsity decomposition method for the enhancement of a color microscopic image of a stained specimen. The method decomposes vectorized spectral images into offset terms and sparse terms. A sparse term represents an enhanced image, and an offset term represents a "shadow." The related optimization ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kopriva I,Hadžija MP,Hadžija M,Aralica G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal surgeries carry considerable risk of gastrointestinal and intra-abdominal hemorrhage, which could possibly cause patient death. Photoacoustic imaging is one solution to overcome this challenge by providing visualization of major blood vessels during surgery. We investigate the feasibility of in vivo blood ve...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kempski KM,Wiacek A,Graham M,González E,Goodson B,Allman D,Palmer J,Hou H,Beck S,He J,Bell MAL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal surgery is the standard treatment for patients with colorectal cancer. To overcome two of the main challenges, the circumferential resection margin and postoperative complications, real-time tissue assessment could be of great benefit during surgery. In this ex vivo study, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baltussen EJM,Snaebjornsson P,de Koning SGB,Sterenborg HJCM,Aalbers AGJ,Kok N,Beets GL,Hendriks BHW,Kuhlmann KFD,Ruers TJM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three major analytical tools in imaging science are summarized and demonstrated relative to optical imaging in vivo. Standard resolution testing is optimal when infinite contrast is used and hardware evaluation is the goal. However, deep tissue imaging of absorption or fluorescent contrast agents in vivo often present...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pogue BW,Davis SC,Song X,Brooksby BA,Dehghani H,Paulsen KD

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：: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：:Resin embedding is widely used and facilitates microscopic imaging of biological tissues. In contrast, quenching of fluorescence during embedding process hinders the application of resin embedding for imaging of fluorescence-labeled samples. For samples expressing fluorescent proteins, it has been demonstrated that th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li L,Rao G,Lv X,Chen R,Cheng X,Wang X,Zeng S,Liu X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics of optical tweezers (OT)-induced spontaneous aggregation and disaggregation of red blood cells (RBCs) were studied at the level of cell doublets to assess RBC interaction mechanics. Measurements were performed under in vitro conditions in plasma and fibrinogen and fibrinogen + albumin solutions. The RBC spont...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee K,Kinnunen M,Khokhlova MD,Lyubin EV,Priezzhev AV,Meglinski I,Fedyanin AA

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Simplified measurement of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) is important because of the ocular health benefits that are attributed to these retinal carotenoids. Here, we describe a novel instrument designed for this purpose, based on heterochromatic flicker photometry (HFP), which removes a number of difficulties...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bone RA,Mukherjee A

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：SIGNIFICANCE:The potential of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is recently being recognized, especially in biological studies. However, FLIM does not directly measure the lifetimes, rather it records the fluorescence decay traces. The lifetimes and/or abundances have to be estimated from these traces dur...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guo S,Silge A,Bae H,Tolstik T,Meyer T,Matziolis G,Schmitt M,Popp J,Bocklitz T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular heterogeneity is a key factor in a variety of core cellular processes including proliferation, stimulus response, carcinogenesis, and drug resistance. However, cell-to-cell variability studies at the single-cell level have been hampered by the lack of enabling experimental techniques. We present a measur...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kelbauskas L,Ashili SP,Houkal J,Smith D,Mohammadreza A,Lee KB,Forrester J,Kumar A,Anis YH,Paulson TG,Youngbull CA,Tian Y,Holl MR,Johnson RH,Meldrum DR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity is a motor disorder frequently present in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP). This study aimed to evaluate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on the spasticity of the masseter and anterior temporal muscle fibers in children with CP over three weeks of intermittent laser exposures. The bite force...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Santos MT,Diniz MB,Gouw-Soares SC,Lopes-Martins RA,Frigo L,Baeder FM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00