Enhanced photoinactivation of Staphylococcus aureus with nanocomposites containing plasmonic particles and hematoporphyrin.

abstract：:In this work we present how to entirely remove the scattering ambiguity present in existing multiphoton multifocal systems. This is achieved through the development and implementation of single-element detection systems that incorporate high-speed photon-counting electronics. These systems can be used to image entire ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hoover EE,Field JJ,Winters DG,Young MD,Chandler EV,Speirs JC,Lapenna JT,Kim SM,Ding SY,Bartels RA,Wang JW,Squier JA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel, minimally invasive laser technology for skin rejuvenation by creating isolated microscopic lesions within tissue below the epidermis using laser induced optical breakdown. Using an in-house built prototype device, tightly focused near-infrared laser pulses are used to create optical breakdown in t...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Habbema L,Verhagen R,Van Hal R,Liu Y,Varghese B

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In photoacoustic tomography (PAT), a tunable laser typically illuminates the tissue at multiple wavelengths, and the received photoacoustic waves are used to form functional images of relative total haemoglobin (rHbT) and blood oxygenation saturation (%sO2 ). Due to measurement errors, the estimation of these paramete...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Amidi E,Yang G,Uddin KMS,Luo H,Middleton W,Powell M,Siegel C,Zhu Q

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy possesses the most promising advantage of multiplex detection for biosensing applications, which is achieved due to the narrow 'fingerprint' Raman spectra from the analyte molecules. We developed an ultrasensitive platform for the multiplex detection of cancer biom...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Dinish US,Balasundaram G,Chang YT,Olivo M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a confocal system equipped with optimal elliptical apertures to improve axial point spread function and signal-to-background ratio (SBR) for different detector sizes. By adjusting the parameters of the elliptical apertures, the axial half width at half-maximum can be reduced to 4.986 (described in optical c...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Tang H,Wu C,Gong W,Zheng Y,Zhu X,Wang J,Si K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we provide a description of the basic concepts and paradigms currently constituting the foundations of adult stem cell biology, and discuss the role that live imaging techniques have in the development of the field. We focus on live imaging of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) as the basic biology and cli...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lo Celso C,Wu JW,Lin CP

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have developed a tomographic diffractive microscope that combines microholography with illumination from an angular synthetic aperture. It images specimens relative to their complex index of refraction distribution (index and absorption) and permits imaging of unlabelled specimens, with high lateral resolu...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Simon B,Debailleul M,Beghin A,Tourneur Y,Haeberlé O

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo microscopy has recently become a gold standard in lung immunology studies involving small animals, largely benefiting from the democratization of multiphoton microscopy allowing for deep tissue imaging. This technology represents currently our only way of exploring the lungs and inferring what happens in human...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Fiole D,Tournier JN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preclinical researches, bioluminescence tomography (BLT) has widely been used for tumor imaging and monitoring, imaged-guided tumor therapy, and so forth. For these biological applications, both tumor spatial location and morphology analysis are the leading problems needed to be taken into account. However, most ex...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Guo H,Gao L,Yu J,He X,Wang H,Zheng J,Yang X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection remains a major health problem despite the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which has greatly reduced mortality rates. Due to the unavailability of an effective vaccine and treatment that would completely eradicate the virus in infected individuals, th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lugongolo MY,Manoto SL,Ombinda-Lemboumba S,Maaza M,Mthunzi-Kufa P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin is a key component of the peripheral nervous system, whose structure anomaly in the digital skin is implicated in neuropathy. Here we demonstrate an in vivo labeling and imaging technique, capable of visualizing myelin sheaths deep in the mouse digital skin. Through material characterization, we verify that 3-p...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： He C,Deng X,Pan Y,Tong S,Kang J,Li J,Qiu P,Wang K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin optical clearing has shown tremendous potential in improving various optical imaging performances, but there is some certain blindness in screening out high-efficiency in vivo optical clearing methods. In this work, three optical clearing agents: sucrose (Suc), fructose (Fruc) and PEG-400 (PEG), and two chemical ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Shi R,Guo L,Zhang C,Feng W,Li P,Ding Z,Zhu D

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class of PEGylated emulsifiers finds broad application in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. We target on one of the categories of polyethylene glycol (PEG) alkyl ethers with different lipophilic and hydrophilic chain length and aim to examine their effects on the skin comprehensively. In this study, we emp...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Liu Y,Lunter DJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin fibrosis, often referred to as skin scarring, is a significant international health problem with limited treatment options. The hallmarks of skin fibrosis are increased fibroblast proliferation, collagen production, and migration speed. Recently published clinical observations indicate that visible red light may ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mamalis A,Koo E,Garcha M,Murphy WJ,Isseroff RR,Jagdeo J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses photosensitizers and visible light in combination with molecular oxygen to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that kill malignant cells by apoptosis and/or necrosis, shut down the tumor microvasculature and stimulate the host immune system. The excited singlet state of oxygen (1 O2 )...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Li B,Lin L,Lin H,Wilson BC

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:We investigate the optical wavelength dependence in quantitative photoacoustic (QPA) assessment of red blood cell (RBC) aggregation and oxygen saturation (sO2 ) during pulsatile blood flow. Experimentally, the pulsatile flow was imaged with a 700 to 900 nm laser using the VevoLAZR. Theoretically, the photoacoustic (PA...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Bok TH,Hysi E,Kolios MC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capabilities of cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP OCT) for early bladder-cancer detection are assessed in statistical study and compared with the traditional OCT. Unlike the traditional OCT that demonstrates images only in copolarization, CP OCT acquires images in cross-polarization and copolariz...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Gladkova N,Streltsova O,Zagaynova E,Kiseleva E,Gelikonov V,Gelikonov G,Karabut M,Yunusova K,Evdokimova O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser treatment on a large size of prostate gland often encounters significant bleeding that can prolong the entire procedure and cause urinary complications. The current study investigates the feasibility of dual-wavelength (532 and 980 nm) application to achieve rapid hemostasis for 532-nm laser prostatectomy. Porci...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hwang J,Kim H,Truong GV,Xuan J,Hasenberg T,Kang HW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sun protection factor (SPF) values are currently determined using an invasive procedure, in which the volunteers are irradiated with ultraviolet (UV) light. Non-invasive approaches based on hybrid diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (HDRS) have shown a good correlation with conventional SPF testing. Here, we present ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Throm CM,Wiora G,Reble C,Schleusener J,Schanzer S,Karrer H,Kolbe L,Khazaka G,Meinke MC,Lademann J

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tomographic features of postrefractive surgery eyes. This was a retrospective evaluation of clinical data. Three patients with post-LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) and two patients with post-SMILE (small incision lenticule extraction) ectasia were imaged with...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khamar P,Dalal R,Chandapura R,Francis M,Shetty R,Nelson EJR,Nuijts RMMA,Sinha Roy A

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:A wide variety of subcutaneous soft-tissue masses may be seen in clinical practice. Clinical examination based on palpation alone is often insufficient to identify the nature and exact origin of the mass, in which case imaging is necessary. We used handheld multispectral optoacoustic imaging technology (MSOT) in a pro...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Buehler A,Diot G,Volz T,Kohlmeyer J,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies for melanin visualization in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) have exploited either its absorption properties (using photoacoustic tomography or photothermal optical coherence tomography [OCT]) or its depolarization properties (using polarization sensitive OCT). However, these methods are only sui...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Harper DJ,Konegger T,Augustin M,Schützenberger K,Eugui P,Lichtenegger A,Merkle CW,Hitzenberger CK,Glösmann M,Baumann B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on transient membrane perforation of living cancer cells using plasmonic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) enhanced single near infrared (NIR) femtosecond (fs) laser pulse. Under optimized laser energy fluence, single pulse treatment (τ = 45 fs, λ = 800 nm) resulted in 77% cell perforation efficiency and 90% cell v...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Boutopoulos C,Bergeron E,Meunier M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasers/LEDs demonstrate therapeutic effects for a range of biomedical applications. However, a consensus on effective light irradiation parameters and efficient and reliable measurement techniques remain limited. The objective here is to develop, characterise and demonstrate the application of LED arrays in order to p...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hadis MA,Cooper PR,Milward MR,Gorecki PC,Tarte E,Churm J,Palin WM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasers are used in dentistry for a variety of indications. One of these is the disinfection of root canals or the sterilization of residual caries. Many studies have demonstrated the capacity to kill bacteria for lasers but the fundamental mechanism of the laser effect remains quite unclear. With our experiments we wa...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hibst R,Graser R,Udart M,Stock K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a unique method for laser-propelling individual cells over distances of 10s of cm through stationary liquid in a microfluidic channel. This is achieved by using liquid-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). HC-PCF provides low-loss light guidance in a well-defined single mode, resulting in hi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Unterkofler S,Garbos MK,Euser TG,St J Russell P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion and oxygenation are critical parameters of muscle metabolism in health and disease. They have been both the target of many studies, in particular using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). However, difficulties with quantifying NIRS signals have limited a wide dissemination of the method to the clinics. Our ai...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Karlas A,Kallmayer M,Fasoula NA,Liapis E,Bariotakis M,Krönke M,Anastasopoulou M,Reber J,Eckstein HH,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study of the influence of the conformational change suffered by molecular beacon (MB) probes-upon the biorecognition of nucleic acid target oligonucleotides over evanescent wave photonic sensors-is reported. To this end, high sensitivity photonic sensors based on silicon photonic bandgap (PBG) structur...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Ruiz-Tórtola Á,Prats-Quílez F,González-Lucas D,Bañuls MJ,Maquieira Á,Wheeler G,Dalmay T,Griol A,Hurtado J,Bohlmann H,Götzen R,García-Rupérez J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00