Bioluminescence of Vibrio fischeri: bacteria respond quickly and sensitively to pulsed microwave electric (but not magnetic) fields.

abstract：:The transmembrane protein prestin is crucial to outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility and contributes to the sensitivity and frequency selectivity of mammalian hearing. The molecular mechanisms of electromotility remain unclear, but prestin is purported to function as both a voltage sensor and a molecular motor. Under...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Organ LE,Raphael RM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mid-IR semiconductor lasers of two wavelength bands, 5.4 and 9.6 microm, are applied to measure aqueous glucose concentration ranging from 0 to 500 mgdL with Intralipid emulsion (0 to 8%) added as a fat simulator. The absorption coefficient micro(a) is found linear with respect to glucose and Intralipid concentrations...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Guo B,Wang Y,Wang Y,Le HQ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the multiresolution ability of wavelets and effectiveness of singular value decomposition (SVD) to identify statistically robust parameters, we find a number of local and global features, capturing spectral correlations in the co- and cross-polarized channels, at different scales (of human breast tissues). The c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gharekhan AH,Arora S,Oza AN,Sureshkumar MB,Pradhan A,Panigrahi PK

更新日期：2011-08-01 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

abstract：:The acousto-optic deflector (AOD) is highly preferred in laser scanning microscopy for its fast scanning ability and random-addressing capability. However, its application in two-photon microscopy is frustrated by the dispersion of the AOD, which results in beam distortion and pulse lengthening. We report the analysis...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zeng S,Lv X,Bi K,Zhan C,Li D,Chen WR,Xiong W,Jacques SL,Luo Q

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Bacterial contamination of blood products is one of the most frequent infectious complications of transfusion. Since glucose levels in blood supplies decrease as bacteria proliferate, it should be possible to detect the presence of bacterial contamination by measuring the glucose concentrations in the blood components...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Suzuki Y,Maruo K,Zhang AW,Shimogaki K,Ogawa H,Hirayama F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time monitoring of functional tissue parameters, such as local blood oxygenation, based on optical imaging could provide groundbreaking advances in the diagnosis and interventional therapy of various diseases. Although photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a modality with great potential to measure optical absorption dee...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kirchner T,Gröhl J,Maier-Hein L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of cartilage is predictive of its in vivo performance. Therefore, the ability to assess its primary macromolecular components, proteoglycan (PG) and collagen, is of great importance. In the current study, we hypothesized that PG content and distribution in tissue engineered cartilage could be determine...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kim M,Bi X,Horton WE,Spencer RG,Camacho NP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I collagen is a major component of the extracellular matrix as well as many tissue engineered models. To understand changes in collagen related models over time, it is important to evaluate collagen dynamics with noninvasive techniques. Fluorescence spectroscopy provides a method to noninvasively measure endogeno...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kirkpatrick ND,Hoying JB,Botting SK,Weiss JA,Utzinger U

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus inactivation in red blood cell concentrates (RBCC) is being studied in order to increase the safety of the blood supply. For this purpose we have been studying the silicon phthalocyanine (Pc 4), a photosensitizer activated with red light. Two approaches were used to achieve enhanced selectivity of Pc 4 for virus...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ben-Hur E,Zuk MM,Oetjen J,Chan WS,Lenny L,Horowitz B

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:This work reports a miniaturized laparoscopic zoom camera that can significantly improve vision for minimally invasive surgery (MIS), also known as laparoscopic surgery. The laparoscopic zoom camera contains bioinspired fluidic lenses that can change curvature and focal length in a manner similar to the crystalline le...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tsai FS,Johnson D,Francis CS,Cho SH,Qiao W,Arianpour A,Mintz Y,Horgan S,Talamini M,Lo YH

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：: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：:Our aim is the development of a simple optical method for pulse wave profile, pulse wave delay time, and blood flow measurement. The method is based on recording the Doppler frequency shift related to a moving target--blood vessel walls or small particles. The Doppler signal is detected using the self-mixing that occu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Meigas K,Hinrikus H,Kattai R,Lass J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, which has been demonstrated as a noninvasive diagnostic technique, relies on quantitative models for extracting optical property values from turbid media, such as biological tissues. We review and compare reflectance models that have been published, and we test similar models over a m...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Calabro KW,Bigio IJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present applications of optical coherence tomography (OCT), parameters besides pure morphology are evaluated in skin tissue under in vivo conditions. Spatially mapped refractive indices and scattering coefficients may support tissue characterization for research and diagnostic purposes in cosmetics/pharmacy and...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Knüttel A,Boehlau-Godau M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative applications of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent contrast agents can be aided by instrumentation capable of merging the view of surgical field with that of NIR fluorescence. We demonstrate augmented microscopy, an intraoperative imaging technique in which bright-field (real) and electronically processed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Watson JR,Gainer CF,Martirosyan N,Skoch J,Lemole GM Jr,Anton R,Romanowski M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three-dimensional (3-D) high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence microscopy (SD-OCM) by using a supercontinuum (SC) fiber laser source with 300-nm spectral bandwidth (full-width at half-maximum) in the 1700-nm spectral band. By using low-coherence interferometry with SC light and a confocal detecti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yamanaka M,Hayakawa N,Nishizawa N

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a biochip based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology for detection of specific genetic sequences using molecular beacons (MB) immobilized on solid surfaces as probes. The applicability of this miniature detection system for screening for the BRCA1 gene is evaluated using ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Culha M,Stokes DL,Griffin GD,Vo-Dinh T

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：: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：:We present Monte Carlo modeling studies to provide a quantitative understanding of contrast observed in spatially resolved reflectance spectra of normal and highly dysplastic cervical tissue. Simulations have been carried out to analyze the sensitivity of spectral measurements to a range of changes in epithelial and s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Arifler D,MacAulay C,Follen M,Richards-Kortum R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is an emerging surgical technique for the restoration of corneal clarity and vision acuity. The big-bubble technique in DALK surgery is the most essential procedure that includes the air injection through a thin syringe needle to separate the dysfunctional region of the corne...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Shin S,Bae JK,Ahn Y,Kim H,Choi G,Yoo YS,Joo CK,Moon S,Jung W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative cancer treatment modality that offers localized treatment using a photosensitizer and light. However, tumor angiogenesis is a major concern following PDT-induced hypoxia as it promotes recurrence. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets vascular endothelial growth...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bhuvaneswari R,Thong PS,Gan YY,Soo KC,Olivo M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative spectroscopy has recently been extended from a contact-probe to wide-area spectroscopic imaging to enable mapping of optical properties across a wide area of tissue. We train quantitative spectroscopic imaging (QSI) to identify cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in 34 subjects un...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lau C,Mirkovic J,Yu CC,O'Donoghue GP,Galindo L,Dasari R,de las Morenas A,Feld M,Stier E

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A side-viewing, 2.3-mm diameter oblique incidence reflectometry endoscope has been designed to obtain optical property measurements of turbid samples. Light from a single-mode fiber is relayed obliquely onto the tissue with a gradient index lens-based distal optics assembly and the resulting diffuse reflectance profil...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wall RA,Barton JK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical spectroscopy has shown potential as a real-time, in vivo, diagnostic tool for identifying neoplasia during endoscopy. We present the development of a diagnostic algorithm to classify elastic-scattering spectroscopy (ESS) spectra as either neoplastic or non-neoplastic. The algorithm is based on pattern recognit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rodriguez-Diaz E,Castanon DA,Singh SK,Bigio IJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT), based on an all-reflective high-speed InGaAs spectrometer, operating in the 1050 nm wavelength region for retinal diagnostics, enables high-speed, volumetric imaging of retinal pathologies with greater penetration into choroidal tissue is compared to conventional...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Povazay B,Hermann B,Unterhuber A,Hofer B,Sattmann H,Zeiler F,Morgan JE,Falkner-Radler C,Glittenberg C,Blinder S,Drexler W

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00