Real-time measurement of the vaginal pressure profile using an optical-fiber-based instrumented speculum.

abstract：:Optical imaging using voltage-sensitive dyes has become an important tool for studying vortex-like electrical waves in the heart. Such waves, known as spiral or scroll waves, can spontaneously form in pathological ventricular myocardium, causing ventricular fibrillation and sudden death. Until recently, observations o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bernus O,Mukund KS,Pertsov AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed near-infrared optical methods to measure noninvasively the dynamics of muscle blood flow and oxygen saturation (StO2) during cuff occlusion and plantar flexion exercise. Relative muscle oxygen consumption (rVO2) was also computed from these data. Diffuse correlation spectroscopy provides information a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yu G,Durduran T,Lech G,Zhou C,Chance B,Mohler ER 3rd,Yodh AG

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Waveguide evanescent field fluorescence (WEFF) microscopy is a new development that allows the imaging of contact regions between biological cells and their substratum, as well as imaging of ultrathin films such as monomolecular Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. Mixed-lipid monolayer systems mimicking lung surfactant were...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hassanzadeh A,Mittler S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study presents comparison of near-infrared light propagation and near-infrared backscattered radiation power, as simulated with numerical modeling and measured live in a patient in clinical conditions with the use of the near-infrared transillumination-backscattering sounding (NIR-TBSS) technique. A unique chance ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Frydrychowski AF,Pluciński J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3-D) tissue imaging offers substantial benefits to a wide range of biomedical investigations from cardiovascular biology, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease to cancer. Two-photon tissue cytometry is a novel technique based on high-speed multiphoton microscopy coupled with automated histological sectionin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ragan T,Sylvan JD,Kim KH,Huang H,Bahlmann K,Lee RT,So PT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A main field in biomedical optics research is diffuse optical tomography, where intensity variations of the transmitted light traversing through tissue are detected. Mathematical models and reconstruction algorithms based on finite element methods and Monte Carlo simulations describe the light transport inside the tis...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Baum K,Hartmann R,Bischoff T,Oelerich JO,Finkensieper S,Heverhagen JT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential feature of the confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) is the generation of optical sections by the removal of out-of-focus light. About ten years ago, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) was introduced as an alternative method for obtaining optical sections from biological specimens. Here we comp...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigel A,Schild D,Zeug A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic rate of oxygen consumption, an important indicator of tissue metabolism, can be expressed as the change of net blood oxygen flux into and out of a tissue region per 100 g of tissue. In this work, we propose a photoacoustic and Doppler ultrasound method for imaging local blood oxygen flux of a single vess...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jiang Y,Forbrich A,Harrison T,Zemp RJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations (EUS-FNA) of pancreatic masses suffer from sample errors and low-negative predictive values. Fiber-optic spectroscopy in the visible to near-infrared wavelength spectrum can noninvasively extract physiological parameters from tissue and has the potential to guide th...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Stegehuis PL,Boogerd LS,Inderson A,Veenendaal RA,van Gerven P,Bonsing BA,Sven Mieog J,Amelink A,Veselic M,Morreau H,van de Velde CJ,Lelieveldt BP,Dijkstra J,Robinson DJ,Vahrmeijer AL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a systematic approach to image, track, and quantify the movements of HIV viruses embedded in human cervical mucus. The underlying motivation for this study is that, in HIV-infected adults, women account for more than half of all new cases and most of these women acquire the infection through heterosexual c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Boukari F,Makrogiannis S,Nossal R,Boukari H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We combine laser tweezers with custom computer tracking software and robotics to analyze the motility [swimming speed, VCL (curvilinear velocity), and swimming force in terms of escape laser power (Pesc)] and energetics [mitochondrial membrane potential (MP)] of individual sperm. Domestic dog sperm are labeled with a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nascimento JM,Shi LZ,Chandsawangbhuwana C,Tam J,Durrant B,Botvinick EL,Berns MW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simplified measurement of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) is important because of the ocular health benefits that are attributed to these retinal carotenoids. Here, we describe a novel instrument designed for this purpose, based on heterochromatic flicker photometry (HFP), which removes a number of difficulties...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bone RA,Mukherjee A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time photoacoustic imaging system is designed and built. This system is based on a commercially available ultrasound imaging system. It can achieve a frame rate of 8 frames/sec. Vasculature in the hand of a human volunteer is imaged, and the resulting photoacoustic image is combined with the ultrasound image. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kolkman RG,Brands PJ,Steenbergen W,van Leeuwen TG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle to detecting and treating brain tumors. Overcoming this challenge will facilitate the early and accurate detection of brain lesions and guide surgical resection of tumors. AIM:We generated an orthotopic brain tumor model that simulates the pathophysiology ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Habimana-Griffin L,Ye D,Carpenter J,Prior J,Sudlow G,Marsala L,Mixdorf M,Rubin J,Chen H,Achilefu S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence-guided diagnosis of tumor tissue is in many cases insufficient, because false positive results interfere with the outcome. Improvement through observation of cell metabolism might offer the solution, but needs a detailed understanding of the origin of autofluorescence. With respect to this, spectrally res...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rück A,Hauser C,Mosch S,Kalinina S

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Current techniques to assess lymph node metastases in cancer patients include lymphoscintigraphy after administration of a nonspecific radiocolloid in order to locate and resect lymph nodes for pathological examination of harbored cancer cells. Clinical trials involving intradermal or subcutaneous injection of antibod...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sampath L,Wang W,Sevick-Muraca EM

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:We theoretically investigate the effect of noise on frequency-domain heterodyne and/or homodyne measurements of intensity-modulated beams propagating through diffusive media, such as a photon density wave. We assumed that the attenuated amplitude and delayed phase are estimated by taking the Fourier transform of the n...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kang D,Kupinski MA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The area of in vivo sensing using optical fibers commonly uses materials such as silica and polymethyl methacrylate, both of which possess much higher modulus than human tissue. The mechanical mismatch between materials and living tissue has been seen to cause higher levels of glial encapsulation, scarring, and inflam...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： McMillan S,Rader C,Jorfi M,Pickrell G,Foster EJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focusing light inside highly scattering media is a challenging task in biomedical optical imaging, manipulation, and therapy. A recent invention has overcome this challenge by time reversing ultrasonically encoded diffuse light to an ultrasound-modulated volume inside a turbid medium. In this technique, a photorefract...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yang Q,Xu X,Lai P,Xu D,Wang LV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of molecular and functional photoacoustic (PA) images depends on the accuracy of the photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy. The PA signal is proportional to the product of the optical absorption coefficient and local light fluence; quantitative PA measurements of the optical absorption coefficient ther...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bauer AQ,Nothdurft RE,Erpelding TN,Wang LV,Culver JP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it was shown in measurements carried out on humans that time-resolved near-infrared reflectometry and fluorescence spectroscopy may allow for discrimination of information originating directly from the brain avoiding influence of contaminating signals related to the perfusion of extracerebral tissues. We rep...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Liebert A,Sawosz P,Milej D,Kacprzak M,Weigl W,Botwicz M,Maczewska J,Fronczewska K,Mayzner-Zawadzka E,Królicki L,Maniewski R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-induced collagen cross-linking is a promising treatment for keratoconus that stiffens corneal tissue and prevents further degeneration. Since keratoconus is generally localized, the efficacy of collagen cross-linking (CXL) treatments could be improved by stiffening only the weakened parts of the cornea. Here, we de...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Singh M,Li J,Vantipalli S,Han Z,Larin KV,Twa MD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to compare the accuracy of analyte concentration estimation when using transmission versus diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of a scattering medium. Monte Carlo ray tracing of light through the medium was used in conjunction with pure component absorption spectra and Beer-Lambert absorpti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gardner CM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the protocol for an inexpensive and nondestructive optical reflectance assay for the measurement of biofilm formation. Reflectance data are obtained using an Ocean Optics (Dunedin, Florida) USB 2000 spectrometer with a polychromatic light source. A fiber optic cable is used both for illumination and collec...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Broschat SL,Loge FJ,Peppin JD,White D,Call DR,Kuhn E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toward developing a new method for restoring tissue viscoelasticity in scarred vocal folds, we previously proposed a method to localize biomaterials within subepithelial voids ablated using ultrafast laser pulses. The clinical implementation of this method necessitates the quantification of the laser parameters for ab...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yildirim M,Ferhanoglu O,Kobler J,Zeitels SM,Ben-Yakar A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating the elasticity of ocular tissue (cornea and intraocular lens) could help the understanding and management of pathologies related to biomechanical deficiency. In previous studies, we introduced a setup based on optical coherence tomography for shear wave elastography (SWE) with high resolution and high se...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nguyen TM,Arnal B,Song S,Huang Z,Wang RK,O'Donnell M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the utility of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a tool for physicians to study cortical plasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Motor cortex activation patterns were studied in five healthy children and five children with CP (8.4+/-2.3 years old in both groups) performing a fing...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Khan B,Tian F,Behbehani K,Romero MI,Delgado MR,Clegg NJ,Smith L,Reid D,Liu H,Alexandrakis G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00