Vessel orientation-dependent sensitivity of optoacoustic imaging using a linear array transducer.

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：:Alcohol testing is an expanding area of interest due to the impacts of alcohol abuse that extend well beyond drunk driving. However, existing approaches such as blood and urine assays are hampered in some testing environments by biohazard risks. A noninvasive, in vivo spectroscopic technique offers a promising alterna...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ridder TD,Ver Steeg BJ,Laaksonen BD

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:As the most abundant cell type in the central nervous system, astrocyte has been one of main research topics in neuroscience. Although various tools have been developed, at present, there is no tool that allows noninvasive activation of astrocyte in vivo without genetic or pharmacological perturbation. Here we report ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Choi M,Yoon J,Ku T,Choi K,Choi C

更新日期：2011-07-01 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 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：: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：SIGNIFICANCE:Spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) is an imaging modality that projects spatially modulated light patterns to determine optical property maps for absorption and reduced scattering of biological tissue via a pixel-by-pixel data acquisition and analysis procedure. Compressive sensing (CS) is a signal pr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mellors BOL,Bentley A,Spear AM,Howle CR,Dehghani H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell morphology is often used as a valuable indicator of the physical condition and general status of living cells. We demonstrate a noninvasive method for morphological characterization of adherent cells. We measure infrared reflectivity spectrum at oblique angle from living cells cultured on thin Au film, and utiliz...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yashunsky V,Lirtsman V,Zilbershtein A,Bein A,Schwartz B,Aroeti B,Golosovsky M,Davidov D

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:We introduce the application of functional data analysis (fDA) on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals for the development of an accurate and clinically practical assessment method of pain perception. We used the cold pressor test to induce different levels of pain in healthy subjects while the fNIRS ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pourshoghi A,Zakeri I,Pourrezaei K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new two-channel fluorescence microscopy technique for surface-generated fluorescence. The realized fluorescence microscope allows high resolution imaging of aqueous samples. The core element of the instrument is a parabolic mirror objective that is used to collect the fluorescence at large surface angles a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Verdes D,Ruckstuhl T,Seeger S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although perfectly transparent specimens are imaged faster with light-sheet microscopy, less transparent samples are often imaged with two-photon microscopy leveraging its robustness to scattering; however, at the price of increased acquisition times. Clearing methods that are capable of rendering strongly scattering ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Adam MP,Müllenbroich MC,Di Giovanna AP,Alfieri D,Silvestri L,Sacconi L,Pavone FS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of fluorescence video imaging to guide surgery is rapidly expanding, and improvements in camera readout dynamic range have not matched display capabilities. Logarithmic intensity compression is a fast, single-step mapping technique that can map the useable dynamic range of high-bit fluorescence images onto the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： DSouza AV,Lin H,Gunn J,Pogue BW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption coefficient mu(a), scattering coefficient mu(s), and anisotropy factor g of diluted and undiluted human blood (hematocrit 0.84 and 42.1%) are determined under flow conditions in the wavelength range 250 to 1100 nm, covering the absorption bands of hemoglobin. These values are obtained by high precision ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Friebel M,Roggan A,Müller G,Meinke M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present functional imaging of the concentration of a photodynamic therapy (PDT)-related dye in scattering tissue phantoms based on spatially resolved measurements of optical properties through spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). Expressions for the OCT signal are developed, enabling estimation of dept...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Støren T,Røyset A,Svaasand LO,Lindmo T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the design of a novel laser line-triangulation laryngoscope for the quantitative visualization of the three-dimensional movements of human vocal folds during phonation. This is the first successful in vivo recording of the three-dimensional movements of human vocal folds in absolute values. Triangulation ima...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： George NA,de Mul FF,Qiu Q,Rakhorst G,Schutte HK

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of the hemodynamic response function (HRF) is determined spatially by the vascular architecture and temporally by the evolution of hemodynamic changes. Here, we used functional photoacoustic microscopy (fPAM) to investigate single cerebral blood vessels of rats after left forepaw stimulation. In this s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liao LD,Lin CT,Shih YY,Lai HY,Zhao WT,Duong TQ,Chang JY,Chen YY,Li ML

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image correlation spectroscopy (ICS) is a powerful technique for detecting arrangement of fluorophores in images. This tutorial gives background into the mathematical underpinnings of ICS, specifically image autocorrelation. The effects of various artifacts and image processing steps, including background subtraction,...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Robertson C,George SC

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:A highly efficient method based on Maxwell's theory was developed, which enables the calculation of the scanning of a focused beam through scattering media. Maxwell's equations were numerically solved in two dimensions using finite difference time domain simulations. The modeling of the focused beam was achieved by ap...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Elmaklizi A,Schäfer J,Kienle A

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：: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：:We present experiments and analyses of confocal reflectance and two-photon microscopy studies of zebra finch skull samples. The thin and hollow structure of these birds' skulls is quite translucent, which can allow in vivo transcranial two-photon imaging for brain activation monitoring. However, the skull structure is...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Abi-Haidar D,Olivier T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular therapies hold promise to replace the implantation of whole organs in the treatment of disease. For most cell types, in vivo viability depends on oxygen delivery to avoid the toxic effects of hypoxia. A promising approach is the in situ vascularization of implantable devices which can mediate hypoxia and impr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weidling J,Sameni S,Lakey JR,Botvinick E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vectorial models of focused beams are important to a variety of fields including microscopy, lithography, optical physics, and biomedical imaging. This has led to many models being developed, which calculate how beams of various profiles are focused both in free space and in the presence of stratified media. The major...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Munro PRT

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging offers a new approach for characterizing atherosclerotic plaque, but random catheter positioning within the vessel lumen results in variable light attenuation and can yield inaccurate measurements. We hypothesized that NIRF measurements could be corrected for var...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Dixon AJ,Hossack JA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present methods for visualizing the dynamic response of biological samples to laser-induced heating. Our approach utilizes optical frequency-domain imaging to detect, spatially localize, and monitor unique dynamic signatures that arise within zones of active tissue denaturation. Since this information is precisely ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Vakoc BJ,Tearney GJ,Bouma BE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00