Pulsed photoacoustic flow imaging with a handheld system.

abstract：:Gap junction-mediated intercellular communication influences a variety of cellular activities. In tendons, gap junctions modulate collagen production, are involved in strain-induced cell death, and are involved in the response to mechanical stimulation. The aim of the present study was to investigate gap junction-medi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kuzma-Kuzniarska M,Yapp C,Pearson-Jones TW,Jones AK,Hulley PA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerenkov light is created in clinical applications involving high-energy radiation such as in radiation therapy. There is considerable interest in using Cerenkov light as a means to perform in vivo dosimetry during radiation therapy; however, a better understanding of the light-to-dose relationship is needed. One such...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Brost E,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have combined a confocal laser scanning head modified for TPE (two-photon excitation) microscopy with some spectroscopic modules to study single molecules and molecular aggregates. The behavior of the TPE microscope unit has been characterized by means of point spread function measurements and of the demonstration ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Diaspro A,Chirico G,Federici F,Cannone F,Beretta S,Robello M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a system combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) and multispectral imaging (MSI) for coregistered structural imaging and surface color imaging. We first describe and numerically validate an optimization model to guide the selection of the MSI wavelengths and their relative intensities. We then demonstr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Attendu X,Bourget MH,de Sivry-Houle MP,Boudoux C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic analyses of vibrational motion in cell membranes provide a lot of information on the complex dynamic motilities of a red blood cell (RBC). Here, we present the correlation properties of membrane fluctuation in discocyte and spherocyte RBCs by using quantitative phase microscopy (QPM). Since QPM can provide nan...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee S,Lee JY,Park CS,Kim DY

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-instrumented prosthetic silicone liner that provides cushioning for the residual limb and can successfully measure interface pressures inside prosthetic sockets of lower-limb amputees in a simple and practical means of sensing. The liner is made of two silicone layers be...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Al-Fakih E,Arifin N,Pirouzi G,Mahamd Adikan FR,Shasmin HN,Abu Osman NA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model that describes the concentration of photothermal (light-to-heat converters) compounds as a function of depth in a turbid medium is developed. The system consists of a pump laser (808 nm modulated at 400 Hz), which heats a photothermal compound, and a phase sensitive spectral domain optical coherence tomography...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guan G,Reif R,Huang Z,Wang RK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown the ability of many lymphatic vessels to contract phasically to pump lymph. Every lymphangion can act like a heart with pacemaker sites that initiate the phasic contractions. The contractile wave propagates along the vessel to synchronize the contraction. However, determining the location o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Akl TJ,Nepiyushchikh ZV,Gashev AA,Zawieja DC,Cot GL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the precision and intraindividual variability of a clinical optical pachometer based on low-coherence reflectometry, which was used to measure the central thickness of a human cornea in vivo. The instrument, attached to a slit lamp, is a single mode fiber optic based Michelson interferometer wi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bo Hnke M,Masters BR,Wa Lti R,Ballif JJ,Chavanne P,Gianotti R,Salathe RP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all fundus laser treatments of the eye, the temperature increase is not exactly known. In order to optimize treatments, an online temperature determination is preferable. We investigated a noninvasive optoacoustic method to monitor the fundus temperature during pulsed laser irradiation. When laser pulses are applie...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Schule G,Huttmann G,Framme C,Roider J,Brinkmann R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatially resolved diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (srDRS) is a well-established technique for noninvasive, in vivo characterization of tissue optical properties toward diagnostic applications. srDRS has a potential for depth-resolved analysis of tissue, which is desired in various clinical situations. However, curre...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Petitdidier N,Koenig A,Gerbelot R,Grateau H,Gioux S,Jallon P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The atrial pacemaker complex is responsible for the initiation and early propagation of cardiac impulses. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a nondestructive imaging modality with spatial resolutions of ∼1 to 15 μm, can be used to identify unique fiber orientation patterns in this region of the heart. Functionally ch...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ambrosi CM,Fedorov VV,Schuessler RB,Rollins AM,Efimov IR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Model-based light scattering spectroscopy (LSS) seemed a promising technique for in-vivo diagnosis of dysplasia in multiple organs. In the studies, the residual spectrum, the difference between the observed and modeled diffuse reflectance spectra, was attributed to single elastic light scattering from epithelial nucle...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lau C,Sćepanović O,Mirkovic J,McGee S,Yu CC,Fulghum S,Wallace M,Tunnell J,Bechtel K,Feld M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrillar collagen network in tumor and normal tissues is different due to remodeling of the extracellular matrix during the malignant process. Collagen type I fibers have the crystalline and noncentrosymmetric properties required for generating the second-harmonic signal. The content and structure of collagen wer...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hompland T,Erikson A,Lindgren M,Lindmo T,de Lange Davies C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical nerve damage due to difficulty with identification remains a major risk for postsurgical complications and decreased quality of life. Fluorescence-guided surgery offers a means to specifically highlight tissues of interest such as nerves and a number of fluorescence-guided surgical systems are in clinical tri...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Korber J,Barth C,Gibbs S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical fiber technology has significantly bolstered the growth of photonics applications in basic life sciences research and in biomedical diagnosis, therapy, monitoring, and surgery. The unique operational characteristics of diverse fibers have been exploited to realize advanced biomedical functions in areas such as...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Keiser G,Xiong F,Cui Y,Shum PP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a quasinoncontact photoacoustic imaging method using a homodyne interferometer with a long coherence length laser. The generated photoacoustic signal is detected by a system that is locked at its maximum sensitivity through the use of balanced detection and zero-crossing triggering. The balanced detecto...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lu J,Gao Y,Ma Z,Zhou H,Wang RK,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional phase-resolved Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) has been reported to have potential for characterizing local fluid flow within a microporous scaffold. In this work, we apply Doppler optical microangiography (DOMAG), a new imaging technique developed by combining optical microangiography (OMAG) w...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jia Y,An L,Wang RK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetomotive optical coherence tomography (MM-OCT) can be utilized to spatially localize the presence of magnetic particles within tissues or organs. These magnetic particle-containing regions are detected by using the capability of OCT to measure small-scale displacements induced by the activation of an external ele...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ahmad A,Kim J,Shemonski ND,Marjanovic M,Boppart SA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen plays a very important role in living cells. The intracellular level of oxygen is under tight control, as even a small deviation from normal oxygen level affects major cellular metabolic processes and is likely to result in cellular damage or cell death. This paper describes the use of the oxygen sensitive fluo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Asiedu JK,Ji J,Nguyen M,Rosenzweig N,Rosenzweig Z

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report noninvasive, in vivo optical imaging deep within a mouse brain by swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT), enabled by a 1.3-μm vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). VCSEL SS-OCT offers a constant signal sensitivity of 105 dB throughout an entire depth of 4.25 mm in air, ensuring an exten...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Choi WJ,Wang RK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificially created demineralized and remineralized carious lesions on the root and enamel of human teeth were examined by photothermal radiometry (PTR) and modulated luminescence (LUM). Fourteen extracted human teeth were used and a lesion was created on a 1 mmx4 mm rectangular window, spanning root to enamel, using...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jeon RJ,Hellen A,Matvienko A,Mandelis A,Abrams SH,Amaechi BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Optically derived tissue properties across a range of breast densities and the effects of breast compression on estimates of hemoglobin, oxygen metabolism, and water and lipid concentrations were obtained from a coregistered imaging system that integrates near-infrared spectral tomography (NIRST) with digital breast t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Michaelsen KE,Krishnaswamy V,Shi L,Vedantham S,Karellas A,Pogue BW,Paulsen KD,Poplack SP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrally resolved two-photon excited autofluorescence imaging is used to distinguish different cell types and functional areas during dynamic processes in the living gut. Excitation and emission spectra of mucosal tissue and tissue components are correlated to spectra of endogenous chromophores. We show that selecti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Orzekowsky-Schroeder R,Klinger A,Martensen B,Blessenohl M,Gebert A,Vogel A,Hüttmann G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) is an important in vivo imaging modality to visualize physiological and pathological processes in small animals. However, FMT reconstruction is ill-posed and ill-conditioned due to strong optical scattering in deep tissues, which results in poor spatial resolution. It is well kn...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baikejiang R,Zhao Y,Fite BZ,Ferrara KW,Li C

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Penetration profiles of topically applied drugs and cosmetic products provide important information on their efficacy. The application of tape stripping in combination with UV/VIS spectroscopy is checked to determine the local position of topically applied substances inside the stratum corneum, the penetration profile...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigmann HJ,Jacobi U,Antoniou C,Tsikrikas GN,Wendel V,Rapp C,Gers-Barlag H,Sterry W,Lademann J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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