Quantification of mucosa oxygenation using three discrete spectral bands of visible light.

abstract：:In the current clinical care practice, Gleason grading system is one of the most powerful prognostic predictors for prostate cancer (PCa). The grading system is based on the architectural pattern of cancerous epithelium in histological images. However, the standard procedure of histological examination often involves ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Yang Q,Xu Z,Liao C,Cai J,Huang Y,Chen H,Tao X,Huang Z,Chen J,Dong J,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to conventional techniques, Laser surgery procedures provide a number of advantages, but may be associated with an increased risk of iatrogenic damage to important anatomical structures. The type of tissue ablated in the focus spot is unknown. Laser-Induced Breakdown-Spectroscopy (LIBS) has the potential to g...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Rohde M,Mehari F,Klämpfl F,Adler W,Neukam FW,Schmidt M,Stelzle F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiple exposure laser speckle contrast imaging (MELSCI) setup for visualizing blood perfusion was developed using a field programmable gate array (FPGA), connected to a 1000 frames per second (fps) 1-megapixel camera sensor. Multiple exposure time images at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 milliseconds were calculated by...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Hultman M,Fredriksson I,Larsson M,Alvandpour A,Strömberg T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic inactivation of bacteria (PDIB) is considered a new approach for the struggle against multiresistant bacteria. To achieve a sufficient level of bacteria killing, the photosensitizer must attach to and/or penetrate the bacteria and generate a sufficiently high amount of singlet oxygen. To optimize PDIB, th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Regensburger J,Maisch T,Felgenträger A,Santarelli F,Bäumler W

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its methylated ester (MAL) are the most common topical agents used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) as precursors of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). The induction of newly PpIX depends on incubation time of each photosensitizer in the tissue and the presence of high intralesi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lima CA,Goulart VP,Bechara EJ,Correa L,Zezell DM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents numerical simulations of UVC light propagation through seven different filtered face respirators (FFR) to determine their suitability for Ultraviolet germicidal inactivation (UVGI). UV propagation was modeled using the FullMonte program for two external light illuminations. The optical properties o...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lilge L,Manalac A,Weersink M,Schwiegelshohn F,Young-Schultz T,Abdalrhman AS,Wang C,Ngan A,Gu FX,Betz V,Hofmann R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional reconstruction of tissue structures is essential for biomedical research. The development of light microscopes and various fluorescent labeling techniques provides powerful tools for this motivation. However, optical imaging depth suffers from strong light scattering due to inherent heterogeneity of ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Yu T,Qi Y,Gong H,Luo Q,Zhu D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis (AS), the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease, needs an early detection for treatment and prevention of fatal events. Here, for the first time, we applied gold nanorods (GNRs)-assisted diffusion reflection (DR), a noninvasive technique for in vivo detection of AS in a hig...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Chakraborty R,Ankri R,Leshem-Lev D,Hochhauser E,Kornowski R,Motiei M,Lev EI,Fixler D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of lung dynamics on alveolar scale is crucial for the understanding and treatment of lung diseases, such as acute lung injury and ventilator induced lung injury, and to promote the development of protective ventilation strategies. One approach to this is the establishment of numerical simulations of ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kirsten L,Gaertner M,Schnabel C,Meissner S,Koch E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to assess the antimicrobial efficacy on Pseudomonas aeruginosa of nanomicelles loaded with curcumin (CUR) alone and activated by blue laser light in an antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) approach. First, free CUR in liquid suspension and loaded in three amphiphilic nanomicelles (CUR-DAP...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Rupel K,Zupin L,Brich S,Mardirossian M,Ottaviani G,Gobbo M,Di Lenarda R,Pricl S,Crovella S,Zacchigna S,Biasotto M

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges in transcranial low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is to optimally choose illumination parameters, such as wavelength. However, there is sparse study on the wavelengths comparison especially on human transcranial LLLT. Here, we employed Monte Carlo modeling and visible human phantom to compute the pe...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Wang P,Li T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuations in brain water content has attracted increasing interest, particularly as regards studies of the glymphatic system, which is connected with the complex organization of dural lymphatic vessels, responsible for cleaning tissue. Disturbances of glymphatic circulation are associated with several brain disorde...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Myllylä T,Harju M,Korhonen V,Bykov A,Kiviniemi V,Meglinski I

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current elastography techniques are limited in application to accurately assess spatially resolved corneal elasticity in vivo for human eyes. The air-puff optical coherence elastography (OCE) with an eye motion artifacts correction algorithm is developed to distinguish the in vivo cornea vibration from the eye motion ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Jin Z,Chen S,Dai Y,Bao C,Ye S,Zhou Y,Wang Y,Huang S,Wang Y,Shen M,Zhu D,Lu F

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo visualization of the human lymphatic system is limited by the mode of delivery of tracing agents, depth of field and size of the area examined, and specificity of the cell markers used to distinguish lymphatic endothelium from the blood vessels and the surrounding tissues. These limitations are particularly pr...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Lokmic Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is an emerging modality, which enables the identification of abnormalities in tissue based on optical properties. QPI can be applied to any biological specimen due to its label-free imaging capability, but its use in stained tissue is unclear. Here, we study the variability of QPI with...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Ban S,Min E,Ahn Y,Popescu G,Jung W

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:This contribution covers recent original research papers in the biophotonics field. The content is organized into main techniques such as multiphoton microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic tomography, and their applications in the context of fluid, cell, t...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Krafft C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional histopathology is rapidly shifting towards digital integration. Will microscopes (and pathologists) soon be obsolete? Or are we dealing with just another image modality that leaves the core of tissue diagnosis intact? This article provides an overview of current digital pathology applications and research...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Brachtel E,Yagi Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a life-threatening infectious blood disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans belonging to the Plasmodium type especially in developing countries. The gold standard method for the detection of malaria is through the microscopic method of chemically treated blood smears. We de...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Singla N,Srivastava V,Mehta DS

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal lesions of the upper aerodigestive tract usually concern the squamous epithelium of the surface. Many precancerous alterations now designated as potentially malignant are caused by DNA damage resulting from long term exposure to tobacco and alcohol consumption. The distinction from conditions with a similar ph...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Dreyer T,Kreisel M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We suggest to use a combination of optical tweezers and single-image quantitative differential interference contrast (DIC) emulated by a spatial light modulator (SLM) to study physiological shape changes in thrombocytes after activation and demonstrate the effectiveness of this system for the given task. A specially d...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khan S,Jesacher A,Nussbaumer W,Bernet S,Ritsch-Marte M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc metallized Phthalocyanine (ZnPcSmix ), a potent photosensitizer, is conjugated to gold dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles (AuDENPs) in order to improve the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using MCF-7 breast cancer cells and WS1 fibroblast cells as a control. Both ZnPcSmix and AuDENPs are mixed in a nitro...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mfouo-Tynga I,Houreld NN,Abrahamse H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents a new algorithm based on some selected automatic quantitative methods for analysing thermal images. It shows the practical implementation of these image analysis methods in Matlab. It enables to perform fully automated and reproducible measurements of selected parameters in thermal images. The paper...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Koprowski R

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:The structural organization of cellular membranes has an essential influence on their functionality. The membrane surfaces currently are considered to consist of various distinct patches, which play an important role in many processes, however, not all parameters such as size and distribution are fully determined. In ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Deckert-Gaudig T,Böhme R,Freier E,Sebesta A,Merkendorf T,Popp J,Gerwert K,Deckert V

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Dynamic follow-up of exogenous molecules permeation through the skin is one among many competing applications for confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Previous studies showed the feasibility of tracking actives through the skin; the next step should be recording in vivo kinetics. Thus, we conducted a study to evaluate th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Tfaili S,Josse G,Angiboust JF,Manfait M,Piot O

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated multimodal optical microscope is demonstrated for high-resolution, structural and functional imaging of engineered and natural skin. This microscope incorporates multiple imaging modalities including optical coherence (OCM), multi-photon (MPM), and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), enablin...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Zhao Y,Graf BW,Chaney EJ,Mahmassani Z,Antoniadou E,Devolder R,Kong H,Boppart MD,Boppart SA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a pseudo-real-time retinal layer segmentation for high-resolution Sensorless Adaptive Optics-Optical Coherence Tomography (SAO-OCT). Our pseudo-real-time segmentation method is based on Dijkstra's algorithm that uses the intensity of pixels and the vertical gradient of the image to find the minimum cost in ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Janpongsri W,Huang J,Ng R,Wahl DJ,Sarunic MV,Jian Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00