Imaging of skin birefringence for human scar assessment using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography aided by vascular masking.

abstract：:As molecular imaging moves towards lower detection limits, the elimination of endogenous background signals becomes imperative. We present a facile background-suppression technique that specifically segregates the signal from surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active nanoparticles (NPs) from the tissue autofluor...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mallia RJ,McVeigh PZ,Veilleux I,Wilson BC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT)--a primary cause of potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE)--depends on the age of the thrombus. The existing clinical imaging methods are capable of visualizing a thrombus but cannot determine the age of the blood clot. Therefore, there is a need for an imaging technique to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Karpiouk AB,Aglyamov SR,Mallidi S,Shah J,Scott WG,Rubin JM,Emelianov SY

更新日期：2008-09-01 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 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：:Shallow lesions less than 1.5-cm deep are frequently seen in breast patients when they are scanned in reflection geometry. Two boundary conditions are compared for imaging shallow lesions, and a new probe design is introduced. A partial reflection boundary condition is suitable for imaging shallow lesions less than 1....

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Xu C,Yuan B,Zhu Q

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of kidney stones is a common and highly studied disease, which causes intense pain and presents a high recidivism. In order to find the causes of this problem, the characterization of the main compounds is of great importance. In this sense, the analysis of the composition and structure of the stone can ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Blanco F,López-Mesas M,Serranti S,Bonifazi G,Havel J,Valiente M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a multimodal optical microscope that incorporates six imaging modalities on one common platform. The imaging modalities include three staring modes, optical quadrature microscopy (OQM), differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, and epi-fluorescence microscopy, and three scanning modes, confocal r...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Warger WC 2nd,Laevsky GS,Townsend DJ,Rajadhyaksha M,DiMarzio CA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Fourier transform spectrometer is used to simultaneously measure distance, dispersion and spectrum. It is shown that short coherence interferometry has the potential to measure the three-dimensional distribution of the spatial structure of a sample with a resolution determined by the coherence length of the light so...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hellmuth T,Welle M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel fluorescence imaging system developed for real-time interventional imaging applications. The system implements a correction scheme that improves the accuracy of epi-illumination fluorescence images for light intensity variation in tissues. The implementation is based on the use of three cameras oper...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Themelis G,Yoo JS,Soh KS,Schulz R,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim is the development of a simple optical method for pulse wave profile, pulse wave delay time, and blood flow measurement. The method is based on recording the Doppler frequency shift related to a moving target--blood vessel walls or small particles. The Doppler signal is detected using the self-mixing that occu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Meigas K,Hinrikus H,Kattai R,Lass J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a simple wide-field imaging technique, called HiLo microscopy, that is capable of producing optically sectioned images in real time, comparable in quality to confocal laser scanning microscopy. The technique is based on the fusion of two raw images, one acquired with speckle illumination and another with st...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lim D,Ford TN,Chu KK,Mertz J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine the diagnostic capability of a multimodal spectral diagnosis (SD) for in vivo noninvasive disease diagnosis of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers. We acquired reflectance, fluorescence, and Raman spectra from 137 lesions in 76 patients using custom-built optical fiber-based c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lim L,Nichols B,Migden MR,Rajaram N,Reichenberg JS,Markey MK,Ross MI,Tunnell JW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an experimental study of the possibilities of monitoring erbium yttrium aluminum garnet laser-mediated ablation of human epidermis with the use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and spectral polarization techniques are presented. The attenuated total reflection (ATR) method was used for ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sviridov AP,Zimnyakov DA,Sinichkin YP,Butvina LN,Omelchenko AJ,Shakh GS,Bagratashvili VN

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for improved imaging modalities for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, a high negative prediction value is also important. Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging is a relatively new technique that has high potential for visualizing breast malignancies, but little is known about the photoacoustic app...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Heijblom M,Piras D,Maartens E,Huisman EJ,van den Engh FM,Klaase JM,Steenbergen W,Manohar S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative to radical surgical resection for T1a or nonresectable carcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction. Besides the concentration of the photosensitizer, the light distribution in tissue is responsible for tumor destruction. For this reason, knowledge about the behavior of ligh...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Holmer C,Lehmann KS,Wanken J,Reissfelder C,Roggan A,Mueller G,Buhr HJ,Ritz JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a novel temporal characterization technique, we determined that a threshold average laser power of 160 mW is required to drill through a 0.75-mm-thick cortical bone for a Nd:YVO(4) mode-locked laser oscillator with a peak intensity of 1.3 GWcm(2). The ablation mechanism is identified as average-power induced ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee YM,Tu RY,Chiang AC,Huang YC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We address the automatic differentiation of human tissue using multispectral imaging with promising potential for automatic visualization during surgery. Currently, tissue types have to be continuously differentiated based on the surgeon's knowledge only. Further, automatic methods based on optical in vivo properties ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wisotzky EL,Uecker FC,Arens P,Dommerich S,Hilsmann A,Eisert P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate and assess the utility of a simple scheme for continuous absolute blood flow monitoring based on diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS). The scheme calibrates DCS using venous-occlusion diffuse optical spectroscopy (VO-DOS) measurements of arm muscle tissue at a single time-point. A calibration coeffici...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li Z,Baker WB,Parthasarathy AB,Ko TS,Wang D,Schenkel S,Durduran T,Li G,Yodh AG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory diffuse optical tomography (aDOT) is based on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and enables three-dimensional imaging of regional hemodynamics and oxygen consumption during a person’s normal activities. Although NIRS has been previously used for muscle assessment, it has been notably limited in terms of the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hu G,Zhang Q,Ivkovic V,Strangman GE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work describes the fabrication and characterization of an optical fiber pH sensor using a sol–gel technique. The sensing head configuration is incorporated using a short section of no-core fiber, coated with tetraethyl orthosilicate and spliced at the end of a single mode fiber with a bulge. Different type...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bhardwaj V,Pathak AK,Singh VK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the application of a microfluidic optical cell stretcher to measure the elasticity of malaria-infected red blood cells. The measurements confirm an increase in host cell rigidity during the maturation of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The device combines the selectivity and sensitivity of single-cell e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mauritz JM,Tiffert T,Seear R,Lautenschläger F,Esposito A,Lew VL,Guck J,Kaminski CF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a needle probe based on photoacoustics (PA) to extend the scope of optical needle methods in guiding biopsies. Pulsed light is coupled to an optical fiber in a needle to be inserted in tissue, and PA signals are detected using an ultrasound imager used for needle guidance. This PA needle samples large vol...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Piras D,Grijsen C,Schütte P,Steenbergen W,Manohar S

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Noninvasive diagnostic tools, such as Trichoscan®, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), and optical coherence tomography (OCT), are efficient methods of hair shaft and growth evaluation. The aim of this study was to carry out a comparative assessment of these three medical procedures by measuring the hair shaft and ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kuck M,Schanzer S,Ulrich M,Garcia Bartels N,Meinke MC,Fluhr J,Krah M,Blume-Peytavi U,Stockfleth E,Lademann J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, simple, high-speed, and hardware-only integration-based fluorescence-lifetime-sensing algorithm using a center-of-mass method (CMM) is proposed to implement lifetime calculations, and its signal-to-noise-ratio based on statistics theory is also deduced. Compared to the commonly used iterative least-squares meth...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li DU,Rae B,Andrews R,Arlt J,Henderson R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We employ Fourier-transform Raman spectroscopy to study normal and tumoral human breast tissues, including several subtypes of cancers. We analyzed 194 Raman spectra from breast tissues that were separated into 9 groups according to their corresponding histopathological diagnosis. The assignment of the relevant Raman ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bitar RA,Martinho Hda S,Tierra-Criollo CJ,Zambelli Ramalho LN,Netto MM,Martin AA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical excision of the whole prostate through a radical prostatectomy procedure is part of the standard of care for prostate cancer. Positive surgical margins (cancer cells having spread into surrounding nonresected tissue) occur in as many as 1 in 5 cases and strongly correlate with disease recurrence and the requi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pinto M,Zorn KC,Tremblay JP,Desroches J,Dallaire F,Aubertin K,Marple E,Kent C,Leblond F,Trudel D,Lesage F

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Nonviral, site-specific gene delivery to deep tissue is required for gene therapy of a spinal cord injury. However, an efficient method satisfying these requirements has not been established. This study demonstrates efficient and targeted gene transfer into the spinal cord by using photomechanical waves (PMWs), which ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ando T,Sato S,Toyooka T,Uozumi Y,Nawashiro H,Ashida H,Obara M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser speckle contrast imaging is a technique used for imaging blood flow without scanning. Though several studies have attempted to combine spatial and temporal statistics of laser speckle images for reducing image noise as well as preserving acceptable spatiotemporal resolution, the statistical accuracy of these spa...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Qiu J,Li P,Luo W,Wang J,Zhang H,Luo Q

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00