Autofocusing technologies for whole slide imaging and automated microscopy.

abstract：:In this paper we introduce a custom scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) that simultaneously collects reflection and transmission near-field images along with topography. This dual-optical SNOM uses a bent probe, which allows for axial reflection imaging, accurate surface scanning, and easy identification of ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kyle JR,Kyle MD,Raghavan R,Budak G,Ozkan CS,Ozkan M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To this day, any photosensitizers for the photodynamic treatment of pulmonary illnesses have been administered intravenously. There is, however, an intrinsic difficulty in reaching the target cells or bacteria in the respiratory system. Nebulization could overcome distribution problems and alleviate side effects by de...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kassab G,Geralde MC,Inada NM,Achiles AE,Guerra VG,Bagnato VS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to conventional techniques, Laser surgery procedures provide a number of advantages, but may be associated with an increased risk of iatrogenic damage to important anatomical structures. The type of tissue ablated in the focus spot is unknown. Laser-Induced Breakdown-Spectroscopy (LIBS) has the potential to g...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Rohde M,Mehari F,Klämpfl F,Adler W,Neukam FW,Schmidt M,Stelzle F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo microscopy has recently become a gold standard in lung immunology studies involving small animals, largely benefiting from the democratization of multiphoton microscopy allowing for deep tissue imaging. This technology represents currently our only way of exploring the lungs and inferring what happens in human...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Fiole D,Tournier JN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FTIR spectroscopy is a powerful diagnostic tool that can also derive biochemical signatures of a wide range of cellular materials, such as cytology, histology, live cells, and biofluids. However, while classification is a well-established subject, biomarker identification lacks standards and validation of its methods....

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Trevisan J,Park J,Angelov PP,Ahmadzai AA,Gajjar K,Scott AD,Carmichael PL,Martin FL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a noninvasive imaging technique and is excellent to study structural and functional changes in the microcirculation. In this work, a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation model in mice is noninvasively evaluated by PAM. PAM is used to image the microvascular structural changes...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Guo Z,Li Z,Deng Y,Chen SL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the design and construction of a prototype imaging probe capable of co-registered pulse-echo ultrasound and photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging in real time. The probe consists of 36 fibers of 200 micron core diameter each that are distributed around a commercial transvaginal ultrasound transducer, and hou...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kumavor PD,Alqasemi U,Tavakoli B,Li H,Yang Y,Sun X,Warych E,Zhu Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Monte Carlo simulation was adapted to specify a skin model with pigmented epidermis, dermis with low baseline blood content, and vessels of a vascular lesion with an average added blood volume fraction of 5%. In the study, the lesion vessel diameters were increased and the number of lesion vessels decreased, such th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Jacques SL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving a maximal safe extent of resection during brain tumor surgery is the goal for improved patient prognosis. Fluorescence-guided neurosurgery using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) induced protoporphyrin IX has thereby become a valuable tool enabling a high frequency of complete resections and a prolonged progress...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Erkkilä MT,Bauer B,Hecker-Denschlag N,Madera Medina MJ,Leitgeb RA,Unterhuber A,Gesperger J,Roetzer T,Hauger C,Drexler W,Widhalm G,Andreana M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb perfusion monitoring is critical for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients as they are vulnerable to vascular complications due to prolonged hyperglycemia. However, current clinical approaches are ineffective in vascular imaging and in assessing vascular function in lower limbs. In this work, a concave ultrasound trans...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Yang J,Zhang G,Shang Q,Wu M,Huang L,Jiang H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared light allows measuring tissue oxygenation. These measurements relay on oxygenation-dependent absorption spectral changes. However, the tissue scattering, which is also spectral dependent, introduces an intrinsic error. Most methods focus on the volume reflectance from a semi-infinite sample. We have prop...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Duadi H,Feder I,Fixler D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solar radiation exposure is recognised to be a significant contributor to the development of skin cancer. Monitoring the simultaneous and consecutive mechanisms of interaction could provide a greater understanding of the process of photocarcinogenesis. This work presents an analysis of the biochemical and morphologica...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lopez-Gonzalez U,Casey A,J Byrne H

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For the screening purposes urine is an especially attractive biofluid, since it offers easy and noninvasive sample collection and provides a snapshot of the whole metabolic status of the organism, which may change under different pathological conditions. Raman spectroscopy (RS) has the potential to monitor these chang...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Žukovskaja O,Ryabchykov O,Straßburger M,Heinekamp T,Brakhage AA,Hennings CJ,Hübner CA,Wegmann M,Cialla-May D,Bocklitz TW,Weber K,Popp J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule localisation based super-resolution fluorescence imaging produces maps of the coordinates of fluorescent molecules in a region of interest. Cluster analysis algorithms provide information concerning the clustering characteristics of these molecules, often through the generation of cluster heat maps bas...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Griffié J,Boelen L,Burn G,Cope AP,Owen DM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current clinical care practice, Gleason grading system is one of the most powerful prognostic predictors for prostate cancer (PCa). The grading system is based on the architectural pattern of cancerous epithelium in histological images. However, the standard procedure of histological examination often involves ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Yang Q,Xu Z,Liao C,Cai J,Huang Y,Chen H,Tao X,Huang Z,Chen J,Dong J,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We suggest to use a combination of optical tweezers and single-image quantitative differential interference contrast (DIC) emulated by a spatial light modulator (SLM) to study physiological shape changes in thrombocytes after activation and demonstrate the effectiveness of this system for the given task. A specially d...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khan S,Jesacher A,Nussbaumer W,Bernet S,Ritsch-Marte M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:223 Radium (223 Ra) is widely used in nuclear medicine to treat patients with osseous metastatic prostate cancer. In clinical practice 223 Ra cannot be imaged directly; however, gamma photons produced by its short-lived daughter nuclides can be captured by conventional gamma cameras. In this work, we show that 223 Ra ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Boschi F,De Sanctis F,Spinelli AE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion and oxygenation are critical parameters of muscle metabolism in health and disease. They have been both the target of many studies, in particular using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). However, difficulties with quantifying NIRS signals have limited a wide dissemination of the method to the clinics. Our ai...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Karlas A,Kallmayer M,Fasoula NA,Liapis E,Bariotakis M,Krönke M,Anastasopoulou M,Reber J,Eckstein HH,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of conventional fluorescence microscopy for characterizing tissue pathological states is limited by overlapping spectra and the dependence on excitation power and fluorophore concentration. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) can overcome these limitations due to its insensitivity to fluorophore co...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Gu J,Fu CY,Ng BK,Gulam Razul Ss,Lim SK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In photoacoustic tomography (PAT), a tunable laser typically illuminates the tissue at multiple wavelengths, and the received photoacoustic waves are used to form functional images of relative total haemoglobin (rHbT) and blood oxygenation saturation (%sO2 ). Due to measurement errors, the estimation of these paramete...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Amidi E,Yang G,Uddin KMS,Luo H,Middleton W,Powell M,Siegel C,Zhu Q

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) became important and wide-used tool for cell imaging because of their unique remarkable properties. Nevertheless, all previous investigations in this area were done on proliferating cells. For the first time, this work demonstrates strong influence of cell active proliferation/contact...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Serdiuk T,Lysenko V,Mognetti B,Skryshevsky V,Géloën A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plastic optical fibre biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance for the detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum is proposed. The biosensor was integrated into a home-made thermo-stabilized microfluidic system that allows avoiding any thermal and/or mechanical fluctuation and maintaining the best stable con...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Aray A,Chiavaioli F,Arjmand M,Trono C,Tombelli S,Giannetti A,Cennamo N,Soltanolkotabi M,Zeni L,Baldini F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents numerical simulations of UVC light propagation through seven different filtered face respirators (FFR) to determine their suitability for Ultraviolet germicidal inactivation (UVGI). UV propagation was modeled using the FullMonte program for two external light illuminations. The optical properties o...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lilge L,Manalac A,Weersink M,Schwiegelshohn F,Young-Schultz T,Abdalrhman AS,Wang C,Ngan A,Gu FX,Betz V,Hofmann R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its methylated ester (MAL) are the most common topical agents used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) as precursors of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). The induction of newly PpIX depends on incubation time of each photosensitizer in the tissue and the presence of high intralesi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lima CA,Goulart VP,Bechara EJ,Correa L,Zezell DM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution deformation measurements in a functionally graded hard tissue such as human dentin are essential to understand the unbound water-loss mediated changes and their role in its mechanical integrity. Yet a whole-field, 3-dimensional (3D) measurement and characterization of fully hydrated dentin in both macr...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Chen Z,Nadeau B,Yu K,Shao X,He X,Goh MC,Kishen A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular optical coherence tomography (IV-OCT) is a light-based imaging modality with high resolution, which employs near-infrared light to provide tomographic intracoronary images. Morbidity caused by coronary heart disease is a substantial cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. The most comm...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Abdolmanafi A,Cheriet F,Duong L,Ibrahim R,Dahdah N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilage posesses unique material properties due to a complex depth-dependent composition of sub-components. Raman spectroscopy has proven valuable in quantifying this composition through cartilage cross-sections. However, cross-sectioning requires tissue destruction and is not practical in situ. In this wo...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mason D,Murugkar S,Speirs AD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The processes associated with pollen germination were studied in vitro for two tree species, Salix caprea and Fraxinus excelsior under different nutrient conditions. The results provide evidence of changes in chemical composition of the pollen grains during germination. From the comparison of spectra of the pollen gra...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Schulte F,Panne U,Kneipp J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser therapy, also known as Photobiomodulation (PBM) is indicated to reduce pain associated with different pathologies and applied using protocols that vary in wavelength, irradiance and fluence. Its mechanisms of action are still unclear and possibly able to directly impact on pain transmission, reducing nociceptor ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Zupin L,Ottaviani G,Rupel K,Biasotto M,Zacchigna S,Crovella S,Celsi F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical sectioning endoscopy such as confocal endoscopy offers capabilities to obtain three-dimensional (3D) information from various biological samples by discriminating between the desired in-focus signals and out-of-focus background. However, in general confocal images are formed through point-by-point scanning and...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lin WT,Lin CY,Singh VR,Luo Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00