Development of a molecular bioswitch using fluorescence lifetime imaging: Incremental activation of fluorescein diacetate.

abstract：:Three-dimensional reconstruction of tissue structures is essential for biomedical research. The development of light microscopes and various fluorescent labeling techniques provides powerful tools for this motivation. However, optical imaging depth suffers from strong light scattering due to inherent heterogeneity of ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Yu T,Qi Y,Gong H,Luo Q,Zhu D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc metallized Phthalocyanine (ZnPcSmix ), a potent photosensitizer, is conjugated to gold dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles (AuDENPs) in order to improve the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using MCF-7 breast cancer cells and WS1 fibroblast cells as a control. Both ZnPcSmix and AuDENPs are mixed in a nitro...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mfouo-Tynga I,Houreld NN,Abrahamse H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the field of tissue engineering evolves, there will be an increasingly important need to visualize and track the complex dynamic changes that occur within three-dimensional constructs. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), as an emerging imaging technology applied to biological materials, offers a number of significa...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Liang X,Graf BW,Boppart SA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-/nanosphere-mediated femtosecond laser cell perforation is one of the high throughput technologies used for macro-molecule-delivery into multiple cells. We have demonstrated the delivery of plasmid-DNA/liposome complexes into cells using biodegradable polymer microspheres and a femtosecond laser and investigated...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Ishii A,Hiruta Y,Heinemann D,Heisterkamp A,Kanazawa H,Terakawa M

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：: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：:This contribution covers recent original research papers in the biophotonics field. The content is organized into main techniques such as multiphoton microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic tomography, and their applications in the context of fluid, cell, t...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Krafft C

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Optical spectroscopy of a single gold nanoparticle, functionalized with an aptamer, is used to sense the specific binding of avidin. Herewith, the field of single noble metal nanoparticle biosensors is extended to the important field of aptamer based assays. The sensitivity of this initial, but not yet optimized apta-...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hernandez FJ,Dondapati SK,Ozalp VC,Pinto A,O'Sullivan CK,Klar TA,Katakis I

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel hybrid method which combines sub-wavelength-scale phase measurements and pixel-scale displacement tracking for robust strain mapping in compressional optical coherence elastography is proposed. Unlike majority of OCE methods it does not rely on initial reconstruction of displacements and does not suffer from t...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Zaitsev VY,Matveyev AL,Matveev LA,Gelikonov GV,Gubarkova EV,Gladkova ND,Vitkin A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells are a promising tool for disease modeling, drug compound testing, and cardiac toxicity screening. Bio-image segmentation is a prerequisite step in cardiomyocyte image analysis by digital holography (DH) in microscopic configuration and has provided satisfactory ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Moon I,Jaferzadeh K,Ahmadzadeh E,Javidi B

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization microscopy methods like Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) are very well suited for exploring clustering of proteins, as the data inherently provide a list of molecular coordinates. Here we use state-of-art cluster analysis algorithms (DBSCAN) to explore the clustering behaviour of diffe...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Persson H,Potrzebowski W,Potrzebowska K,Svensson LM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a compact, cost-effective tuned amplifier for frequency-selective amplification of the modulated signal in heterodyne detected nonlinear optical microscopy. Our method improved the signal to noise ratio by an order of magnitude compared to conventional lock-in detection, as demonstrated through stimulated Ra...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Slipchenko MN,Oglesbee RA,Zhang D,Wu W,Cheng JX

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Noninvasive body shaping is becoming a growing demand. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of the combined treatments of 1064 nm Nd:YAG and 2940 nm Er:YAG in noninvasive lipolysis and skin tightening. Ten females were enrolled, and all women's side of the waist or the lower part of the abd...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Vas K,Besenyi Z,Urbán S,Badawi A,Pávics L,Erős G,Kemény L

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:Currently, optical coherence tomography (OCT), is not capable of obtaining molecular information often crucial for identification of disease. To enable molecular imaging with OCT, we have further developed a technique that harnesses transient changes in light absorption in the sample to garner molecular information. A...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Carrasco-Zevallos O,Shelton RL,Kim W,Pearson J,Applegate BE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new optical scattering contrast-agent based on polymer-nanoparticle encapsulated silver nanoplates (PESNs) is presented. Silver nanoplates were chosen due to the flexibility of tuning their plasmon frequencies. The polymer coating preserves their physical and optical properties and confers other advantages such as c...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Ray A,Kopelman R,Chon B,Briggman K,Hwang J

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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：:FTIR microspectroscopy was applied for studying macromolecular changes in human serum samples from patients with healthy livers, and those diagnosed with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our study demonstrated that the serum samples from HCC and cirrhotic patients could readily be discriminated from ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Thumanu K,Sangrajrang S,Khuhaprema T,Kalalak A,Tanthanuch W,Pongpiachan S,Heraud P

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Endoscopy has been widely used in biomedical imaging and integrated with various optical and acoustic imaging modalities. Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), one of the fastest growing biomedical imaging modalities, is a noninvasive and nonionizing method that owns rich optical contrast, deep acoustic penetration depth, mult...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Guo H,Li Y,Qi W,Xi L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad range of applications of spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) were found to involve samples having only marginal differences in Raman cross-sections between the surface and subsurface targets. We report the results of a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of the approach to identify the presenc...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khan KM,Dutta SB,Krishna H,Majumder SK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biophotonics is a highly interdisciplinary field where physicists, chemists, biologists, physicians and engineers work together to solve the problems appearing in biology and medicine. In China, the Biophotonics discipline is often referred to as Biomedical Photonics, under the first-level disciplines Biomedical Engin...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Shi H,Luo Q

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo visualization of the human lymphatic system is limited by the mode of delivery of tracing agents, depth of field and size of the area examined, and specificity of the cell markers used to distinguish lymphatic endothelium from the blood vessels and the surrounding tissues. These limitations are particularly pr...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lokmic Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：: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：:Microfluidics and photonics come together to form a field commonly referred to as 'optofluidics'. Flow cytometry provides the field with a technology base from which both microfluidic and photonic components be developed and integrated into a useful device. This article reviews some of the more recent developments to ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Godin J,Chen CH,Cho SH,Qiao W,Tsai F,Lo YH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated the potential of cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP-OCT) to quantify the severity of early caries lesions (tooth decay) on tooth surfaces. The purpose of this study is to show that 2D images of the lesion depth and the integrated reflectivity can be used to accurately...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Chan KH,Chan AC,Fried WA,Simon JC,Darling CL,Fried D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00