Properties of contact pressure induced by manually operated fiber-optic probes.

abstract：:Malaria parasites induce morphological, biochemical, and mechanical changes in red blood cells (RBCs). Mechanical variations are closely related to the deformability of individual RBCs. The deformation of various RBCs, including healthy and malaria-infected RBCs (iRBCs), can be directly observed through quantitative p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Byeon H,Ha YR,Lee SJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroartemisinin (DHA), a front-line antimalarial herbal compound, has been shown to possess promising anticancer activity with low toxicity. We have previously reported that DHA induced caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. However, the cellular target and molecular mechanism of DHA-indu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lu YY,Chen TS,Wang XP,Li L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A confocal imaging and image processing scheme is introduced to visualize and evaluate the spatial distribution of spectral information in tissue. The image data are recorded using a confocal laser-scanning microscope equipped with a detection unit that provides high spectral resolution. The processing scheme is based...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Maeder U,Marquardt K,Beer S,Bergmann T,Schmidts T,Heverhagen JT,Zink K,Runkel F,Fiebich M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple empirical method is presented to determine the scattering coefficient mu' s from backscattered polarized images of turbid media. It uses the ratio, pixel by pixel, of two images that are the second and the first backscattered Stokes parameter images Q and I, respectively. Taking this image ratio, then integra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jaillon F,Saint-Jalmes H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of glucose on fluorescence of synthesized ZnCdS nanoparticles in the presence of glucose oxidase or in a mixture of glucose oxidase and peroxidase has been investigated. Behavior of fluorescence characteristics of ZnCdS nanoparticles with nonstabilized surface and coated with polymer shell is compared. It h...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kochubey VI,Volkova EK,Konyukhova JG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatiotemporal characteristics of changes in cerebral blood volume associated with neuronal activity were investigated in the hindlimb somatosensory cortex of alpha-chloralose-urethane anesthetized rats (n=10) with optical imaging at 570 nm through a thinned skull. Activation of the cortex was carried out by elect...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li P,Luo Q,Luo W,Chen S,Cheng H,Zeng S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilot results on the application of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) approach for studying the implementation of the optical immersion technique for the visualization of single and multiple gold nanoparticles in biological cells are presented. We focus on two different scenarios considering single biological c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tanev S,Tuchin VV,Paddon P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an offset-sparsity decomposition method for the enhancement of a color microscopic image of a stained specimen. The method decomposes vectorized spectral images into offset terms and sparse terms. A sparse term represents an enhanced image, and an offset term represents a "shadow." The related optimization ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kopriva I,Hadžija MP,Hadžija M,Aralica G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-related enzyme activity can be detected noninvasively using activatable fluorescent molecular probes. In contrast to "always-on" fluorescent molecular probes, activatable probes are relatively nonfluorescent at the time of administration due to intramolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Enzym...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Solomon M,Guo K,Sudlow GP,Berezin MY,Edwards WB,Achilefu S,Akers WJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy has been used to estimate the spatial proteoglycan (PG) and collagen contents in articular cartilage (AC). However, it is not clear whether the results of FTIR analyses are consistent between different species. Our aim was to clarify how three different FTIR PG param...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rieppo L,Närhi T,Helminen HJ,Jurvelin JS,Saarakkala S,Rieppo J

更新日期：2013-09-01 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 laser ablation rate of subgingival dental calculus irradiated at a 400-nm-wavelength, 7.4-mJ pulse energy, and 85- and 20-deg irradiation angles is measured using laser triangulation. Three-dimensional images taken before and after irradiation create a removal map with 6-μm axial resolution. Fifteen human teeth wi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Schoenly JE,Seka WD,Rechmann P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field carcinogenesis is the initial stage of cancer progression. Understanding field carcinogenesis is valuable for both cancer biology and clinical medicine. Here, we used inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography to study colorectal cancer (CRC) and pancreatic cancer (PC) field carcinogenesis. Depth-resolve...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yi J,Radosevich AJ,Stypula-Cyrus Y,Mutyal NN,Azarin SM,Horcher E,Goldberg MJ,Bianchi LK,Bajaj S,Roy HK,Backman V

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative polarized light microscopy (qPLM) is a popular tool for the investigation of birefringent architectures in biological tissues. Collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals, is such a birefringent material. Interpretation of results of qPLM in terms of collagen network architecture and anisotropy is chal...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： van Turnhout MC,Kranenbarg S,van Leeuwen JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photospallation is proposed as the primary mechanism behind our recent animal studies involving corneal ablation by nanosecond-pulse mid-IR laser beams. Following a brief summary of earlier work directed to refractive procedures in the mid-IR, a preliminary analysis is presented, based on simple one-dimensional models...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hoffman HJ,Telfair WB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image resolution and signal level in fluorescence microscopy through inhomogeneous turbid media consisting of scatterers of multiple sizes under single- (1p), two- (2p), and three-photon (3p) excitation have been investigated based on a modified Monte Carlo model. The effects of the size distribution and the concentra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Deng X,Gan X,Gu M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a photonic approach for selective inactivation of viruses with a near-infrared subpicosecond laser. We demonstrate that this method can selectively inactivate viral particles ranging from nonpathogenic viruses such as the M13 bacteriophage and the tobacco mosaic virus to pathogenic viruses such as the human ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tsen KT,Tsen SW,Fu Q,Lindsay SM,Kibler K,Jacobs B,Wu TC,Karanam B,Jagu S,Roden RB,Hung CF,Sankey OF,Ramakrishna B,Kiang JG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the framework of further development of unified Monte Carlo code for the needs of biomedical optics and biophotonics, we present an approach for modeling of coherent polarized light propagation in highly scattering turbid media, such as biological tissues. The temporal coherence of light, linear and circular po...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Doronin A,Macdonald C,Meglinski I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to a decline in cognitive and intellectual abilities and an irreversible mental deterioration. Based on multidisciplinary AD research, the most universally accepted hypotheses on AD pathogenesis are the intracerebral aggregate formation of beta-amyloi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim CB,Choi YY,Song WK,Song KB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy on single, living epithelial cells captured in a laser trap is shown to have diagnostic power over colorectal cancer. This new single-cell technology comprises three major components: primary culture processing of human tissue samples to produce single-cell suspensions, Raman detection on singly tra...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zheng F,Qin Y,Chen K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical quantification of large lesions imaged with diffuse optical tomography in reflection geometry is depth dependence due to the exponential decay of photon density waves. We introduce a depth-correction method that incorporates the target depth information provided by coregistered ultrasound. It is based on balan...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tavakoli B,Zhu Q

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to diagnose cancer, a sample must be removed, prepared, and examined under a microscope, which is expensive, invasive, and time consuming. Fiber optic fluorescence endomicroscopy, where an image guide is used to obtain high-resolution images of tissue in vivo, has shown promise as an alternative to convention...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kyrish M,Dobbs J,Jain S,Wang X,Yu D,Richards-Kortum R,Tkaczyk TS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inexpensive near-infrared microscopy (NIRM) was developed as a convenient technique to detect the medulla loss of scalp hair while reducing analytical time with easy sample preparation, leading to a field screening tool for breast cancer. NIRM has been evaluated as an alternative to synchrotron-based nanoscopy and to ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Choi Y,Jeong YJ,Jeon JG,Park SH,Choi HR,Kim JK

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nEUROPt protocol is one of two new protocols developed within the European project nEUROPt to characterize the performances of time-domain systems for optical imaging of the brain. It was applied in joint measurement campaigns to compare the various instruments and to assess the impact of technical improvements. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wabnitz H,Jelzow A,Mazurenka M,Steinkellner O,Macdonald R,Milej D,Żołek N,Kacprzak M,Sawosz P,Maniewski R,Liebert A,Magazov S,Hebden J,Martelli F,Di Ninni P,Zaccanti G,Torricelli A,Contini D,Re R,Zucchelli L,Spine

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the several difficulties associated with histology, including difficulty in continuous monitoring, this study aimed to investigate the feasibility of optical imaging modalities—cross-polarization color (CPC) imaging, erythema index (EI) imaging, and laser speckle contrast (LSC) imaging—for continuous evaluation ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Son T,Yoon HJ,Lee S,Jang WS,Jung B,Kim WU

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatially confined and precise time delivery of neuroactive molecules is an important issue in neurophysiology. In this work we developed a technique for delivering chemical stimuli to cultured neurons consisting in encapsulating the molecules of interest in liposomes. These vectors were then loaded in reservoirs cons...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pinato G,Raffaelli T,D'Este E,Tavano F,Cojoc D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged excitation of fluorescent probes leads eventually to loss of their capacity to emit light. A decrease in the number of detected photons reduces subsequently the resolving power of a fluorescence microscope. Adverse effects of fluorescence intensity loss on the quality of microscopic images of biological spec...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bernas T,Robinson JP,Asem EK,Rajwa B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present systematic characterization of a photoacoustic imaging system optimized for rapid, high-resolution tomographic imaging of small animals. The system is based on a 128-element ultrasonic transducer array with a 5-MHz center frequency and 80% bandwidth shaped to a quarter circle of 25 mm radius. A 16-channel d...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gamelin J,Aguirre A,Maurudis A,Huang F,Castillo D,Wang LV,Zhu Q

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vivo imaging of the vascular system can provide novel insight into the dynamics of vasoconstriction and vasodilation. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is an optical, noncontact imaging technique based on interferometry of short-coherent near-infrared light with axial resolution of less than 10 m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Meissner S,Müller G,Walther J,Morawietz H,Koch E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00