FLIM data analysis based on Laguerre polynomial decomposition and machine-learning.

abstract：:Simplified measurement of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) is important because of the ocular health benefits that are attributed to these retinal carotenoids. Here, we describe a novel instrument designed for this purpose, based on heterochromatic flicker photometry (HFP), which removes a number of difficulties...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bone RA,Mukherjee A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a system combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) and multispectral imaging (MSI) for coregistered structural imaging and surface color imaging. We first describe and numerically validate an optimization model to guide the selection of the MSI wavelengths and their relative intensities. We then demonstr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Attendu X,Bourget MH,de Sivry-Houle MP,Boudoux C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive imaging methodology that is able to image tissue to depths of over 1 mm. Many epithelial conditions, such as melanoma and oral cancers, require an invasive biopsy for diagnosis. A noninvasive, real-time, point of care method of imaging depth-resolved epithelial struc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Smith LE,Hearnden V,Lu Z,Smallwood R,Hunter KD,Matcher SJ,Thornhill MH,Murdoch C,MacNeil S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-photon excitation microscopy is one of the key techniques used to observe three-dimensional (3-D) structures in biological samples. We utilized a visible-wavelength laser beam for two-photon excitation in a multifocus confocal scanning system to improve the spatial resolution and image contrast in 3-D live-cell im...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Oketani R,Suda H,Uegaki K,Kubo T,Matsuda T,Yamanaka M,Arai Y,Smith N,Nagai T,Fujita K

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:By using a novel temporal characterization technique, we determined that a threshold average laser power of 160 mW is required to drill through a 0.75-mm-thick cortical bone for a Nd:YVO(4) mode-locked laser oscillator with a peak intensity of 1.3 GWcm(2). The ablation mechanism is identified as average-power induced ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee YM,Tu RY,Chiang AC,Huang YC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a quantitative analysis of dynamic diffuse optical measurements to obtain oxygen saturation of hemoglobin in volume oscillating compartments. We used a phasor representation of oscillatory hemodynamics at the heart rate and respiration frequency to separate the oscillations of tissue concentrations of oxyhe...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kainerstorfer JM,Sassaroli A,Fantini S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral resolved tissue imaging has a broad range of biomedical applications such as the minimally invasive diagnosis of diseases and the study of wound healing and tissue engineering processes. Two-photon microscopy imaging of endogenous fluorescence has been shown to be a powerful method for the quantification of t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Laiho LH,Pelet S,Hancewicz TM,Kaplan PD,So PT

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of accurate and clinically applicable tools to assess cancer risk is essential to define candidates to undergo screening for early-stage cancers at a curable stage or provide a novel method to monitor chemoprevention treatments. With the use of our recently developed optical technology--spatial-domain ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bista RK,Uttam S,Hartman DJ,Qiu W,Yu J,Zhang L,Brand RE,Liu Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In part I of the study, two attachment systems [O-ring; bar-clip (BC)] were used, and the system with three individualized O-rings provided the lowest stress on the implants and the support tissues. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the stress distribution, through the photoelastic method, on implant-reta...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pesqueira AA,Goiato MC,da Silva EV,Haddad MF,Moreno A,Zahoui A,dos Santos DM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion artifacts are the most significant sources of noise in the context of pediatric brain imaging designs and data analyses, especially in applications of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), in which it can completely affect the quality of the data acquired. Different methods have been developed to corre...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hu XS,Arredondo MM,Gomba M,Confer N,DaSilva AF,Johnson TD,Shalinsky M,Kovelman I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac architecture is inherently three-dimensional, yet most characterizations rely on two-dimensional histological slices or dissociated cells, which remove the native geometry of the heart. We previously developed a method for labeling intact heart sections without dissociation and imaging large volumes while pres...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Huang H,Macgillivray C,Kwon HS,Lammerding J,Robbins J,Lee RT,So P

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：:Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) was formerly known as CREST syndrome in reference to the associated clinical features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasias. The transforming growth factor beta has been identified as a major player in the pathogenic p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Barolet D

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:We present a novel fluorescence imaging system developed for real-time interventional imaging applications. The system implements a correction scheme that improves the accuracy of epi-illumination fluorescence images for light intensity variation in tissues. The implementation is based on the use of three cameras oper...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Themelis G,Yoo JS,Soh KS,Schulz R,Ntziachristos V

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer diagnosis depends not only on histopathological examination but also on visual inspection before and after the excision of suspected lesion. Neoplasm is accompanied with changes in birefringence of collagen, pleomorphicity, and hyperchromatic state of epithelial nuclei. These phenomena can be measured by s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Aharon O,Abdulhalim I,Arnon O,Rosenberg L,Dyomin V,Silberstein E

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser welding has the potential to become an effective method for wound closure and healing without sutures. Closure of skin incisions by laser welding with a combination of two near-infrared lasers (980 and 1064 nm), was performed for the first time in this study. One centimeter long, full-thickness incisions were ma...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hu L,Lu Z,Wang B,Cao J,Ma X,Tian Z,Gao Z,Qin L,Wu X,Liu Y,Wang L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The damage mechanism for near-infrared radiation (IRR) induced cataract is unclear. Both a photochemical and a thermal mechanism were suggested. The current paper aims to elucidate a photochemical effect based on investigation of irradiance-exposure time reciprocity. Groups of 20 rats were unilaterally exposed to 96-W...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Yu Z,Schulmeister K,Talebizadeh N,Kronschläger M,Söderberg P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that doubly-resonant coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering can provide enhanced and highly specific contrast for molecules containing unique Raman-active small molecular groups. This combination provides contrast for molecules that can otherwise be difficult to discriminate by Raman spectroscopy. Here, ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weeks T,Schie I,den Hartigh LJ,Rutledge JC,Huser T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a label-free optical technique to image and discriminate undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from their differentiating progenies in vitro. Using intrinsic cellular fluorophores, we perform fluorescence lifetime microscopy (FLIM) and phasor analysis to obtain hESC metabolic signatures. We id...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Stringari C,Sierra R,Donovan PJ,Gratton E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) provide complementary views of the retina, with the former collecting fluorescence data with good lateral but relatively low-axial resolution, and the latter collecting label-free backscattering data with comparable lateral but much higher axia...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhang P,Zam A,Jian Y,Wang X,Li Y,Lam KS,Burns ME,Sarunic MV,Pugh EN Jr,Zawadzki RJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：SIGNIFICANCE:Melanoma is a deadly cancer that physicians struggle to diagnose early because they lack the knowledge to differentiate benign from malignant lesions. Deep machine learning approaches to image analysis offer promise but lack the transparency to be widely adopted as stand-alone diagnostics. AIM:We aimed to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gareau DS,Browning J,Correa Da Rosa J,Suarez-Farinas M,Lish S,Zong AM,Firester B,Vrattos C,Renert-Yuval Y,Gamboa M,Vallone MG,Barragán-Estudillo ZF,Tamez-Peña AL,Montoya J,Jesús-Silva MA,Carrera C,Malvehy J,Puig S,Mar

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal ischemia that occurs intraoperatively during procedures requiring clamping of the renal artery (such as renal procurement for transplantation and partial nephrectomy for renal cancer) is known to have a significant impact on the viability of that kidney. To better understand the dynamics of intraoperative renal ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Crane NJ,Huffman SW,Alemozaffar M,Gage FA,Levin IW,Elster EA

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Diffuse optical imaging is an effective technique for noninvasive functional brain imaging. However, the measurements respond to systemic hemodynamic fluctuations caused by the cardiac cycle, respiration, and blood pressure, which may obscure or overwhelm the desired stimulus-evoked response. Previous work on this pro...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhang Y,Brooks DH,Franceschini MA,Boas DA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00