Raman biophysical markers in skin cancer diagnosis.

abstract：:Mueller polarimetry is applied to study the samples of nails: natural (or reference) and irradiated to 2 Gy ionizing radiation dose. We measure the whole Mueller matrices of the samples as a function of the scattering angle at a wavelength of 632.8 nm. We apply depolarization analysis to measured Mueller matrices by c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Savenkov S,Priezzhev A,Oberemok Y,Sholom S,Kolomiets I,Chunikhina K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly efficient method based on Maxwell's theory was developed, which enables the calculation of the scanning of a focused beam through scattering media. Maxwell's equations were numerically solved in two dimensions using finite difference time domain simulations. The modeling of the focused beam was achieved by ap...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Elmaklizi A,Schäfer J,Kienle A

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：:Different colors of visible light penetrate to varying depths in tissue due to the wavelength dependence of tissue optical absorption and elastic scattering. We exploit this to map the contour of the closest surface of a buried fluorescent object. This uses a novel algorithm based on the diffusion theory description o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim A,Roy M,Dadani FN,Wilson BC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most ovarian cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages due to the lack of efficacious screening techniques. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) has a potential to image tumor angiogenesis and detect early neovascular changes of the ovary. We have developed a coregistered PAT and ultrasound (US) prototype system for real-tim...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Salehi HS,Li H,Merkulov A,Kumavor PD,Vavadi H,Sanders M,Kueck A,Brewer MA,Zhu Q

更新日期：2016-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension of optical monitoring of intact tissues from the visible and ultraviolet to the near-infrared (NIR) range (700-1300 nm) was first undertaken in 1977 for the purpose of monitoring the redox behavior of Cytochrome c oxidase (cyt c ox) in vivo. Soon it became evident that the much greater NIR translucency of sk...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jo Bsis-Vandervliet FF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhagic hypovolemia and inotropic agent administration were used to manipulate cardiac output (CO) and oxygen delivery in rabbits to investigate the correlation between noninvasive frequency domain photon migration (FDPM) spectroscopy and invasive hemodynamic monitoring parameters. Frequency-domain photon migratio...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pham TH,Hornung R,Ha HP,Burney T,Serna D,Powell L,Brenner M,Tromberg BJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Planar glass waveguides with a specific number of modes were fabricated by Ag(+)-Na(+) exchange in Schott SG11 glass. The effective refractive indices were determined using m-line spectroscopy in both s- and p-polarization. By using the reversed Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation, the index profiles were describe...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hassanzadeh A,Nitsche M,Armstrong S,Nabavi N,Harrison R,Dixon SJ,Langbein U,Mittler S

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:We propose an algorithm to compensate for the refractive index error in the optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of multilayer tissues, such as skin. The performance of the proposed method has been evaluated on one- and two-layer solid phantoms, as well as the skin of rat paw. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Turani Z,Fatemizadeh E,Xu Q,Daveluy S,Mehregan D,Nasiri Avanaki MR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy is an optical technique able to interrogate biological tissues, giving us an understanding of the changes in molecular structure that are associated with disease development. The Kerr-gated Raman spectroscopy technique uses a picosecond pulsed laser as well as fast temporal gating of collected Raman...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Prieto MC,Matousek P,Towrie M,Parker AW,Wright M,Ritchie AW,Stone N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer simulation is used to facilitate the design of fiber-probe geometries that enable enhanced detection of optical signals arising from specific tissue depths. Obtaining understanding of the relationship between fiber-probe design and tissue interrogation is critical when developing strategies for optical detect...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang AM,Bender JE,Pfefer J,Utzinger U,Drezek RA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excited state lifetime of a fluorophore together with its fluorescence emission spectrum provide information that can yield valuable insights into the nature of a fluorophore and its microenvironment. However, it is difficult to obtain both channels of information in a conventional scheme as detectors are typicall...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sagar MAK,Dai B,Chacko J,Weber J,Velten A,Sanders S,White J,Eliceiri K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the design, integration, and validation of a fluorescence microscopy system for imaging of electroperturbation--the effects of nanosecond, megavolt-per-meter pulsed electric fields on biological cells and tissues. Such effects have potential applications in cancer therapy, gene regulation, and biophysical re...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sun Y,Vernier PT,Behrend M,Wang J,Thu MM,Gundersen M,Marcu L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:A noninvasive method based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of tears was proposed as a support for diagnosing neurodegenerative pathologies, including different forms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this field, timely and reliable discrimination and diagnosis are critical aspects ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Cennamo G,Montorio D,Morra VB,Criscuolo C,Lanzillo R,Salvatore E,Camerlingo C,Lisitskiy M,Delfino I,Portaccio M,Lepore M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation from solar exposure is a key extrinsic factor responsible for premature skin aging (i.e., photo-aging). Recent advances using in vivo multiphoton tomography (MPT) demonstrate the efficacy of this approach to assess intrinsic and extrinsic skin aging as an alternative to existing invasive techniqu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sanchez WY,Obispo C,Ryan E,Grice JE,Roberts MS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) provides a novel method to measure blood flow velocity in vessels with diameter at micrometer scale. In this study, a developed spectral domain DOCT system is applied to monitor cerebral blood flow velocity changes in a rat. An animal model with a cranial window is used, and...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang C,Yang Y,Ding Z,Meng J,Wang K,Yang W,Xu Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging large areas of tissue rapidly and with high resolution may enable rapid pathology at the bedside. The limited field of view of high-resolution microscopes requires the merging of multiple images that are taken sequentially to cover a large area. This merging or mosaicing of images requires long acquisition and...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Abeytunge S,Li Y,Larson B,Toledo-Crow R,Rajadhyaksha M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In breast surgery, a lack of knowledge about what is below the tissue surface may lead to positive tumor margins and iatrogenic damage. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) is a spectroscopic technique that can distinguish between healthy and tumor tissue making it a suitable technology for intraoperative guidance. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Adank MW,Fleischer JC,Dankelman J,Hendriks BHW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging offers a new approach for characterizing atherosclerotic plaque, but random catheter positioning within the vessel lumen results in variable light attenuation and can yield inaccurate measurements. We hypothesized that NIRF measurements could be corrected for var...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Dixon AJ,Hossack JA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular therapies hold promise to replace the implantation of whole organs in the treatment of disease. For most cell types, in vivo viability depends on oxygen delivery to avoid the toxic effects of hypoxia. A promising approach is the in situ vascularization of implantable devices which can mediate hypoxia and impr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weidling J,Sameni S,Lakey JR,Botvinick E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in females. To monitor chemotherapeutic efficacy for breast cancer, medical imaging systems such as x-ray mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound imaging have been used. Currently, it can take up to 3 to 6 weeks to see the tumor respo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee S,Jeong H,Seong M,Kim JG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optically sectioned detection of fluorescence immunoassays using a confocal microscope enables the creation of both homo- and heterogeneous planar format assays. We report a set assays requiring optically sectioned detection using a model system and analysis procedures for separating signals of a surface layer from an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ghafari H,Zhou Y,Ali S,Hanley QS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Color Doppler optical coherence tomography (CDOCT) is a functional extension of optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can image flow in turbid media. We have developed a CDOCT system capable of imaging flow in real time. Doppler processing of the analog signal is accomplished in hardware in the time domain using a n...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rollins AM,Yazdanfar S,Barton JK,Izatt JA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging has been used to probe the biochemical composition of human renal tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissue. Freshly resected renal tumor tissue from surgery was prepared as a thin cryosection and examined by FTIR spectroscopic imaging. Tissue types could be discri...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sablinskas V,Urboniene V,Ceponkus J,Laurinavicius A,Dasevicius D,Jankevicius F,Hendrixson V,Koch E,Steiner G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative to radical surgical resection for T1a or nonresectable carcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction. Besides the concentration of the photosensitizer, the light distribution in tissue is responsible for tumor destruction. For this reason, knowledge about the behavior of ligh...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Holmer C,Lehmann KS,Wanken J,Reissfelder C,Roggan A,Mueller G,Buhr HJ,Ritz JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:A promising method to achieve rapid convergence for image reconstruction is introduced for the continuous-wave near-infrared (NIR) diffuse optical tomography (DOT). Tomographic techniques are usually implemented off line and are time consuming to realize image reconstruction, especially for NIR DOT. Therefore, it is e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pan MC,Pan MC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00