Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy-detection of the uptake of mannose-modified nanoparticles by macrophages in vitro: A model for detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques.

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：:Dynamic follow-up of exogenous molecules permeation through the skin is one among many competing applications for confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Previous studies showed the feasibility of tracking actives through the skin; the next step should be recording in vivo kinetics. Thus, we conducted a study to evaluate th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Tfaili S,Josse G,Angiboust JF,Manfait M,Piot O

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:We present a novel silicon photonic biosensor using phase-shifted Bragg gratings in a slot waveguide. The optical field is concentrated inside the slot region, leading to efficient light-matter interaction. The Bragg gratings are formed with sidewall corrugations on the outside of the waveguide, and a phase shift is i...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Wang X,Flueckiger J,Schmidt S,Grist S,Fard ST,Kirk J,Doerfler M,Cheung KC,Ratner DM,Chrostowski L

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Microcalcifications are an early mammographic sign of breast cancer and a target for stereotactic breast needle biopsy. Here, we develop and compare different approaches for developing Raman classification algorithms to diagnose invasive and in situ breast cancer, fibrocystic change and fibroadenoma that can be associ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Dingari NC,Barman I,Saha A,McGee S,Galindo LH,Liu W,Plecha D,Klein N,Dasari RR,Fitzmaurice M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection associated with impaired cerebral blood flow. Visualization of the eye vasculature, which is embryologically derived from that of the brain, is used clinically to diagnose the syndrome. Here, we introduce camera-phone laser speckle imagi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Remer I,Pierre-Destine LF,Tay D,Golightly LM,Bilenca A

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:The advent of moderate dilatations in ascending aortas is often accompanied by structural modifications of the main components of the aortic tissue, elastin and collagen. In this study, we have undertaken an approach based on FTIR microscopy coupled to a curve-fitting procedure to analyze secondary structure modificat...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Bonnier F,Rubin S,Debelle L,Ventéo L,Pluot M,Baehrel B,Manfait M,Sockalingum GD

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Previous studies for melanin visualization in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) have exploited either its absorption properties (using photoacoustic tomography or photothermal optical coherence tomography [OCT]) or its depolarization properties (using polarization sensitive OCT). However, these methods are only sui...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Harper DJ,Konegger T,Augustin M,Schützenberger K,Eugui P,Lichtenegger A,Merkle CW,Hitzenberger CK,Glösmann M,Baumann B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that, under exposure to bright light, eggs tend to hatch earlier than control, without any damage to the birds. This report aims to systematically show the effect and establishes a proposal for a possible application to accelerate chicken egg formation, which could be extrapolated or adapted as a grea...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Buzzá HH,Zangirolami AC,Kurachi C,Bagnato VS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural organization of cellular membranes has an essential influence on their functionality. The membrane surfaces currently are considered to consist of various distinct patches, which play an important role in many processes, however, not all parameters such as size and distribution are fully determined. In ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Deckert-Gaudig T,Böhme R,Freier E,Sebesta A,Merkendorf T,Popp J,Gerwert K,Deckert V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Skin fibrosis is a chronic debilitating feature of several skin diseases that lead to characteristic increases in dermal fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition through upregulation in components of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-B)/SMAD pathway. In contrast to ultraviolet phototherapy, high-fluence...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mamalis A,Koo E,Tepper C,Jagdeo J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we present how to entirely remove the scattering ambiguity present in existing multiphoton multifocal systems. This is achieved through the development and implementation of single-element detection systems that incorporate high-speed photon-counting electronics. These systems can be used to image entire ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hoover EE,Field JJ,Winters DG,Young MD,Chandler EV,Speirs JC,Lapenna JT,Kim SM,Ding SY,Bartels RA,Wang JW,Squier JA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a unique method for laser-propelling individual cells over distances of 10s of cm through stationary liquid in a microfluidic channel. This is achieved by using liquid-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). HC-PCF provides low-loss light guidance in a well-defined single mode, resulting in hi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Unterkofler S,Garbos MK,Euser TG,St J Russell P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly emissive europium complexes with specific endoplasmic reticulum localization potential includes several advantages such as fast uptake, long resident lifetime, low dosage requirement, low cytotoxicity and highly emissive two-photon induced f-f emission imaging. ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Law GL,Wong KL,Man CW,Tsao SW,Wong WT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to optimize parameters for inhibiting neuronal activity safely and investigating thermal inhibition of rat cortex neural networks in vitro by continuous infrared (IR) laser. Rat cortex neurons were cultured on multi-electrode arrays until neural networks were formed with spontaneous neu...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Xia Q,Nyberg T

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:An integrated multimodal optical microscope is demonstrated for high-resolution, structural and functional imaging of engineered and natural skin. This microscope incorporates multiple imaging modalities including optical coherence (OCM), multi-photon (MPM), and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), enablin...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Zhao Y,Graf BW,Chaney EJ,Mahmassani Z,Antoniadou E,Devolder R,Kong H,Boppart MD,Boppart SA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection remains a major health problem despite the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which has greatly reduced mortality rates. Due to the unavailability of an effective vaccine and treatment that would completely eradicate the virus in infected individuals, th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lugongolo MY,Manoto SL,Ombinda-Lemboumba S,Maaza M,Mthunzi-Kufa P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar type II (ATII) cells in the peripheral human lung spontaneously differentiate toward ATI cells, thus enabling air-blood barrier formation. Here, linear Raman and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy are applied to study cell differentiation of freshly isolated ATII cells. The Raman spectra ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Vukosavljevic B,Hittinger M,Hachmeister H,Pilger C,Murgia X,Gepp MM,Gentile L,Huwer H,Schneider-Daum N,Huser T,Lehr CM,Windbergs M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preclinical researches, bioluminescence tomography (BLT) has widely been used for tumor imaging and monitoring, imaged-guided tumor therapy, and so forth. For these biological applications, both tumor spatial location and morphology analysis are the leading problems needed to be taken into account. However, most ex...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Guo H,Gao L,Yu J,He X,Wang H,Zheng J,Yang X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a reflection-mode switchable subwavelength Bessel-beam (BB) and Gaussian-beam (GB) photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) system. To achieve both reflection-mode and high resolution, we tightly attached a very small ultrasound transducer to an optical objective lens with numerical aperture of 1.0 and working...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Park B,Lee H,Jeon S,Ahn J,Kim HH,Kim C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a pseudo-real-time retinal layer segmentation for high-resolution Sensorless Adaptive Optics-Optical Coherence Tomography (SAO-OCT). Our pseudo-real-time segmentation method is based on Dijkstra's algorithm that uses the intensity of pixels and the vertical gradient of the image to find the minimum cost in ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Janpongsri W,Huang J,Ng R,Wahl DJ,Sarunic MV,Jian Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the ability of dual-frequency Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering (D-CARS) micro-spectroscopy, based on femtosecond pulses (100 fs or 5 fs) spectrally focussed by glass dispersion, to distinguish the chemical composition of micron-sized lipid droplets consisting of different triglycerides types (...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Di Napoli C,Masia F,Pope I,Otto C,Langbein W,Borri P

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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