Computational segmentation of collagen fibers from second-harmonic generation images of breast cancer.

abstract：:Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) was formerly known as CREST syndrome in reference to the associated clinical features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasias. The transforming growth factor beta has been identified as a major player in the pathogenic p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Barolet D

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) has the capacity to record second-harmonic generation (SHG) and endogenous two-photon excitation fluorescence (2PEF) signals emitted from biological tissues. The development of fiber-based miniaturized endomicroscopes delivering pulses in the femtosecond range will allow the transfer of MP...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Garofalakis A,Kruglik SG,Mansuryan T,Gillibert A,Thiberville L,Louradour F,Vever-Bizet C,Bourg-Heckly G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanophotothermolysis with long laser pulses for treatment of scattered cancer cells and their clusters is introduced with the main focus on real-time monitoring of temperature dynamics inside and around individual cancer cells labeled with carbon nanotubes. This technique utilizes advanced time- and spatially-resolved...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Biris AS,Boldor D,Palmer J,Monroe WT,Mahmood M,Dervishi E,Xu Y,Li Z,Galanzha EI,Zharov VP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of accurate and clinically applicable tools to assess cancer risk is essential to define candidates to undergo screening for early-stage cancers at a curable stage or provide a novel method to monitor chemoprevention treatments. With the use of our recently developed optical technology--spatial-domain ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bista RK,Uttam S,Hartman DJ,Qiu W,Yu J,Zhang L,Brand RE,Liu Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 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

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：:A photoacoustic imaging system that incorporates a commercial ultrasonic camera for real-time imaging of two-dimensional (2-D) projection planes in tissue at video rate (30 Hz) is presented. The system uses a Q-switched frequency-doubled Nd:YAG pulsed laser for photoacoustic generation. The ultrasonic camera consists ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Balogun O,Regez B,Zhang HF,Krishnaswamy S

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:We have used an adaptive optics confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope to assess oxygen saturation in small retinal vessels. Images of the vessels with a diameter smaller than 50 μm are recorded at oxygen sensitive and isosbestic wavelengths (680 and 796 nm, respectively). The vessel optical densities (ODs) are determ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li H,Lu J,Shi G,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to noninvasively image embryonic vascular anatomy in mouse models is an important requirement for characterizing the development of the normal cardiovascular system and malformations in the heart and vascular supply. Photoacoustic imaging, which can provide high resolution non invasive images of the vascul...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Laufer J,Norris F,Cleary J,Zhang E,Treeby B,Cox B,Johnson P,Scambler P,Lythgoe M,Beard P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current diagnostic capabilities and limitations of fluorescence endomicroscopy in the cervix are assessed by qualitative and quantitative image analysis. Four cervical tissue types are investigated: normal columnar epithelium, normal and precancerous squamous epithelium, and stromal tissue. This study focuses on the p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Schlosser C,Bodenschatz N,Lam S,Lee M,McAlpine JN,Miller DM,Van Niekerk DJ,Follen M,Guillaud M,MacAulay CE,Lane PM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the ex vivo imaging of an oral cancerous sample with a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system. With the axial resolution of 8 microm in free space and system sensitivity of 108 dB, we can well distinguish the normal and abnormal tissue portions in a sample. In particular, we analyze t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tsai MT,Lee HC,Lu CW,Wang YM,Lee CK,Yang CC,Chiang CP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore the use of Monte-Carlo-model-based approaches for the analysis of fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra measured ex vivo from breast tissues. These models are used to extract the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence properties of malignant and nonmalignant tissues and to diagnose breast cancer ba...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu C,Palmer GM,Breslin TM,Harter J,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional near-infrared spectroscopy is prone to contamination by motion artifacts (MAs). Motion correction algorithms have previously been proposed and their respective performance compared for evoked rain activation studies. We study instead the effect of MAs on "oscillation" data which is at the basis of functiona...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Selb J,Yücel MA,Phillip D,Schytz HW,Iversen HK,Vangel M,Ashina M,Boas DA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of a fiber optic biosensor (FOB) to the real-time investigation of the interaction kinetics between FITC-conjugated monoclonal sheep anti-human C-reactive protein (CRP) antibody and CRP isoforms on the surface of optical fiber is described. Recently, both the native pentameric CRP (pCRP), an acute phase pr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Chou C,Hsu HY,Wu HT,Tseng KY,Chiou A,Yu CJ,Lee ZY,Chan TS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main curative therapy for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer is surgery. Despite this, the survival rate is only 50%, therefore it is important to more efficiently diagnose and predict prognosis for lung cancer patients. Raman spectroscopy is useful in the diagnosis of malignant and premalignant lesions. The ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Magee ND,Beattie JR,Carland C,Davis R,McManus K,Bradbury I,Fennell DA,Hamilton PW,Ennis M,McGarvey JJ,Elborn JS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the in vivo assessment of human scars by parametric imaging of birefringence using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). Such in vivo assessment is subject to artifacts in the detected birefringence caused by scattering from blood vessels. To reduce these artifacts, we preprocess...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gong P,Chin L,Es'haghian S,Liew YM,Wood FM,Sampson DD,McLaughlin RA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of biological systems by spectroscopic techniques involves the evaluation of hundreds to thousands of variables. Hence, different statistical approaches are used to elucidate regions that discriminate classes of samples and to propose new vibrational markers for explaining various phenomena like disease m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Oliveira Mendes Td,Pinto LP,Santos LD,Tippavajhala VK,Téllez Soto CA,Martin AA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planar glass waveguides with a specific number of modes were fabricated by Ag(+)-Na(+) exchange in Schott SG11 glass. The effective refractive indices were determined using m-line spectroscopy in both s- and p-polarization. By using the reversed Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation, the index profiles were describe...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hassanzadeh A,Nitsche M,Armstrong S,Nabavi N,Harrison R,Dixon SJ,Langbein U,Mittler S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasmall scale implants have recently attracted focus as valuable tools for monitoring both acute and chronic diseases. Semiconductor optical technologies are the key to miniaturizing these devices to the long-sought sub-mm scale, which will enable long-term use of these devices for medical applications. This can al...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mujeeb-U-Rahman M,Adalian D,Chang CF,Scherer A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based elasticity imaging can map soft tissue elasticity based on speckle-tracking of elastic wave propagation using highly sensitive phase measurements of OCT signals. Using a fixed elastic wave source and moving detection, current imaging sequences have difficulty in reconstructing ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hsieh BY,Song S,Nguyen TM,Yoon SJ,Shen TT,Wang RK,O'Donnell M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implantation offers the potential to restore sensitive hearing in patients with severe to profound deafness. However, surgical placement of the electrode array within the cochlea can produce trauma to sensorineural components, particularly if the initial turn of the cochlea is not successfully navigated as th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gurbani SS,Wilkening P,Zhao M,Gonenc B,Cheon GW,Iordachita II,Chien W,Taylor RH,Niparko JK,Kang JU

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence diagnostic techniques are notable amongst many other optical methods because they offer high sensitivity and noninvasive measurement of tissue properties. However, a combination of multiple scattering and physical heterogeneity of biological tissues hampers interpretation of the fluorescence measurements....

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Churmakov DY,Meglinski IV,Greenhalgh DA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focusing light inside highly scattering media is a challenging task in biomedical optical imaging, manipulation, and therapy. A recent invention has overcome this challenge by time reversing ultrasonically encoded diffuse light to an ultrasound-modulated volume inside a turbid medium. In this technique, a photorefract...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yang Q,Xu X,Lai P,Xu D,Wang LV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-assisted cartilage reshaping is mediated by thermally induced stress relaxation, and may be used to alter cartilage morphology for reconstructive surgical procedures in the upper airway and face without carving, morselizing, or suturing. Internal stress σ(t), integrated backscattered light intensity I(t) from a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wong BJ,Milner TE,Kim HH,Stuart Nelson J,Sobol EN

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Amblyopia is a form of visual impairment caused by ocular misalignment (strabismus) or defocus in an otherwise healthy eye. If detected early, the condition can be fully treated, yet over half of all children with amblyopia under age 5 escape detection. We developed a Pediatric Vision Screener (PVS) to detect amblyopi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nassif DS,Piskun NV,Gramatikov BI,Guyton DL,Hunter DG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanobioconjugates have been synthesized using cadmium selenide quantum dots (QDs), europium complexes (EuCs), and biotin. In those conjugates, long-lived photoluminescence (PL) is provided by the europium complexes, which efficiently transfer energy via Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to the QDs in close spat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Cywinski PJ,Hammann T,Hühn D,Parak WJ,Hildebrandt N,Löhmannsröben HG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is proposed for determining the glucose concentration on the human fingertip by extracting two optical parameters, namely the optical rotation angle and the depolarization index, using a Mueller optical coherence tomography technique and a genetic algorithm. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Chen TL,Lo YL,Liao CC,Phan QH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00