Tool for simulating the focusing of arbitrary vector beams in free-space and stratified media.

abstract：:Stenosis and occlusion of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) are most common in arterial occlusive disease. There are numerous interventional, surgical, and combined approaches to reconstitute maximum blood supply to the lower limb; however, despite intense clinical research, the long-term success rates are still po...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Heneweer C,Siggelkow M,Helle M,Petzina R,Wulff A,Schaefer JP,Berndt R,Rusch R,Wedel T,Klaws G,Müller-Gerbl M,Röcken C,Jansen O,Lutter G,Cremer J,Groß J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We successfully acquire the in vivo Raman spectrum of melanin from human skin using a rapid near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectrometer. The Raman signals of in vivo cutaneous melanin are similar to those observed from natural and synthetic eumelanins. The melanin Raman spectrum is dominated by two intense and broad peaks ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Huang Z,Lui H,Chen XK,Alajlan A,McLean DI,Zeng H

更新日期：2004-11-01 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 the application of a microfluidic optical cell stretcher to measure the elasticity of malaria-infected red blood cells. The measurements confirm an increase in host cell rigidity during the maturation of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The device combines the selectivity and sensitivity of single-cell e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Mauritz JM,Tiffert T,Seear R,Lautenschläger F,Esposito A,Lew VL,Guck J,Kaminski CF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoacoustic imaging has become an emerging tool for theranostic applications. Not only does it help in

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sivasubramanian K,Mathiyazhakan M,Wiraja C,Upputuri PK,Xu C,Pramanik M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin is a commonly used chemotherapeutic employed to treat multiple human cancers, including numerous sarcomas and carcinomas. Furthermore, doxorubicin possesses strong fluorescent properties that make it an ideal reagent for modeling drug delivery by examining its distribution in cells and tissues. However, wh...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Carlson M,Watson AL,Anderson L,Largaespada DA,Provenzano PP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarized Raman spectroscopy allows measurement of molecular orientation and composition and is widely used in the study of polymer systems. Here, we extend the technique to the extraction of quantitative orientation information from bone tissue, which is optically thick and highly turbid. We discuss multiple scatteri...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Raghavan M,Sahar ND,Wilson RH,Mycek MA,Pleshko N,Kohn DH,Morris MD

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：: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：:The analysis of biological systems by spectroscopic techniques involves the evaluation of hundreds to thousands of variables. Hence, different statistical approaches are used to elucidate regions that discriminate classes of samples and to propose new vibrational markers for explaining various phenomena like disease m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Oliveira Mendes Td,Pinto LP,Santos LD,Tippavajhala VK,Téllez Soto CA,Martin AA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study introduces a single-channel optical video stereomicroscope based on a transparent rotating deflector (TRD) for high-resolution and high-magnification stereomicroscopy. The existing stereomicroscopes have some limitations, such as limited resolution and magnification, fixed optical channel, and the necessity...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Radfar E,Park J,Jung B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autofluorescence-based imaging techniques have become very important in the ophthalmological field. Being noninvasive and very sensitive, they are broadly used in clinical routines. Conventional autofluorescence intensity imaging is largely influenced by the strong fluorescence of lipofuscin, a fluorophore that can be...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sauer L,Andersen KM,Dysli C,Zinkernagel MS,Bernstein PS,Hammer M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrete form sensitivity functions are derived for a number of measurement types employed in autocorrelation-based ultrasound-modulated optical tomography. The Jacobian for a particular problem is constructed from the set of such sensitivity functions arising from a raster scan of a focused ultrasound field through a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Powell S,Leung TS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS) is an emerging technique in oncology, neurology, and cardiology. To adapt intraoperative imaging for various surgical applications, increasingly flexible and compact FIGS instruments are necessary. We present a compact, portable FIGS system and demonstrate its use in cardiovasc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang X,Bhaumik S,Li Q,Staudinger VP,Yazdanfar S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amblyopia ("lazy eye") is a major public health problem, caused by misalignment of the eyes (strabismus) or defocus. If detected early in childhood, there is an excellent response to therapy, yet most children are detected too late to be treated effectively. Commercially available vision screening devices that test fo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Irsch K,Gramatikov BI,Wu YK,Guyton DL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present unsupervised clustering methods for automatic grouping of human red blood cells (RBCs) extracted from RBC quantitative phase images obtained by digital holographic microscopy into three RBC clusters with regular shapes, including biconcave, stomatocyte, and sphero-echinocyte. We select some good features re...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ahmadzadeh E,Jaferzadeh K,Lee J,Moon I

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 25 years, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has advanced to be one of the most innovative and most successful translational optical imaging techniques, achieving substantial economic impact as well as clinical acceptance. This is largely owing to the resolution improvements by a factor of 10 to the submic...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Drexler W,Liu M,Kumar A,Kamali T,Unterhuber A,Leitgeb RA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Ophthalmic surgery may benefit from use of more precise fiber delivery systems during laser surgery. Some current ophthalmic surgical techniques rely on tedious mechanical dissection of tissue layers. In this study, chains of sapphire microspheres integrated into a hollow waveguide distal tip are used for erbium:YAG l...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hutchens TC,Darafsheh A,Fardad A,Antoszyk AN,Ying HS,Astratov VN,Fried NM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the search for improved imaging modalities for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, a high negative prediction value is also important. Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging is a relatively new technique that has high potential for visualizing breast malignancies, but little is known about the photoacoustic app...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Heijblom M,Piras D,Maartens E,Huisman EJ,van den Engh FM,Klaase JM,Steenbergen W,Manohar S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level light therapy has been shown to improve in vitro wound healing. However, well-defined parameters of different light sources for this therapy are lacking. The goal of this study was (1) to determine if the wavelengths tested are effective for in vitro wound healing and (2) to compare a laser and a light-emitt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Spitler R,Berns MW

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratoconus is an eye disease in which the cornea progressively deforms due to loss of cornea mechanical rigidity, and thus causes deterioration of visual acuity. Techniques to characterize the mechanical characteristics of the cornea are important to better monitor changes and response to treatments. To investigate t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ortega-Martinez A,Touchette G,Zhu H,Kochevar IE,Franco W

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy is used to determine the distribution and concentration of selected compounds in intact human hair. By generating images based on ratiometric CARS contrast, quantitative concentration maps of both water and externally applied d-glycine are produced in the cortex ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zimmerley M,Lin CY,Oertel DC,Marsh JM,Ward JL,Potma EO

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a long time, the antioxidative status in cattle has been discussed as an indicator for stress conditions resulting from disease or exertion. Until now, invasive approaches have been necessary to obtain blood samples or biopsy materials and gain insights into the antioxidative status of cattle. Due to these efforts...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Klein J,Darvin ME,Müller KE,Lademann J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Our study introduces an application of deep learning to virtually generate fluorescence images to reduce the burdens of cost and time from considerable effort in sample preparation related to chemical fixation and staining. AIM:The objective of our work was to determine how successfully deep learning meth...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nguyen T,Bui V,Thai A,Lam V,Raub C,Chang LC,Nehmetallah G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of kidney stones is a common and highly studied disease, which causes intense pain and presents a high recidivism. In order to find the causes of this problem, the characterization of the main compounds is of great importance. In this sense, the analysis of the composition and structure of the stone can ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Blanco F,López-Mesas M,Serranti S,Bonifazi G,Havel J,Valiente M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrared microscopic imaging has been utilized to analyze for the first time the spatial distribution of lipid structure in an ex vivo human organ culture skin wound healing model. Infrared images were collected at zero, two, four, and six days following wounding. Analysis of lipid infrared spectral properties reveale...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yu G,Stojadinovic O,Tomic-Canic M,Flach CR,Mendelsohn R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM) to demonstrate for the first time its potential in studying relational details at the cellular level of atherogenesis in intact, viable mouse carotid arteries. Isolated and mounted arteries of ApoE-/-mice, aged 15 or 21 weeks (7 and 13 weeks on western diet), were i...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Megens RT,oude Egbrink MG,Merkx M,Slaaf DW,van Zandvoort MA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of fluorescence video imaging to guide surgery is rapidly expanding, and improvements in camera readout dynamic range have not matched display capabilities. Logarithmic intensity compression is a fast, single-step mapping technique that can map the useable dynamic range of high-bit fluorescence images onto the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： DSouza AV,Lin H,Gunn J,Pogue BW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel nitroimidazole indocyanine dye conjugate for tumor-targeted hypoxia fluorescence tomography. The hypoxia probe has been evaluated in vitro using tumor cell lines and in vivo with tumor targeting in mice. The in vitro cell studies were performed to assess fluorescence labeling differences betw...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Biswal NC,Pavlik C,Smith MB,Aguirre A,Xu Y,Zanganeh S,Kuhn LT,Claffey KP,Zhu Q

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00