abstract：:Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)-encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles were synthesized, characterized, and utilized for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. Silica encapsulation is relatively transparent for activated light and can protect the PpIX against denaturation induced by the extreme bioenvironment. The mesop...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Qian J,Gharibi A,He S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential feature of the confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) is the generation of optical sections by the removal of out-of-focus light. About ten years ago, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) was introduced as an alternative method for obtaining optical sections from biological specimens. Here we comp...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Weigel A,Schild D,Zeug A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present in vivo human total retinal blood flow measurements using Doppler Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). The scan pattern consisted of two concentric circles around the optic nerve head, transecting all retinal branch arteries and veins. The relative positions of each blood vessel in the two OCT...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Wang Y,Bower BA,Izatt JA,Tan O,Huang D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatially resolved spectroscopy (SRS) allows the estimation of absolute tissue oxygen saturation, the ratio of oxygenated to total hemoglobin concentration, which may facilitate the comparison of results among patients. Eighty-two premature infants were included over two years. The cerebral tissue oxygenation index (c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sorensen LC,Leung TS,Greisen G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the design of a novel laser line-triangulation laryngoscope for the quantitative visualization of the three-dimensional movements of human vocal folds during phonation. This is the first successful in vivo recording of the three-dimensional movements of human vocal folds in absolute values. Triangulation ima...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： George NA,de Mul FF,Qiu Q,Rakhorst G,Schutte HK

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the impact of anatomy on the spectral properties of oral tissue, we used reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize nine different anatomic sites. All spectra were collected in vivo from healthy oral mucosa. We analyzed 710 spectra collected from the oral cavity of 79 healthy volunt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： McGee S,Mirkovic J,Mardirossian V,Elackattu A,Yu CC,Kabani S,Gallagher G,Pistey R,Galindo L,Badizadegan K,Wang Z,Dasari R,Feld MS,Grillone G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated miniature multi-modal microscope (4M device) for microendoscopy was built and tested. Imaging performance is evaluated and imaging results are presented for both fluorescence and reflectance samples. Images of biological samples show successful imaging of both thin layers of fixed cells prepared on a sli...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rogers JD,Landau S,Tkaczyk TS,Descour MR,Rahman MS,Richards-Kortum R,Kärkäinen AH,Christenson T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study using a method able to assess tissue oxygenation, taking into account the absorption and the level of scattering in myocardial tissue using a calibrated fiber optic probe. With this method, interindividual comparisons of oxygenation can be made despite varying tissue optical properties during corona...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Häggblad E,Lindbergh T,Karlsson MG,Casimir-Ahn H,Salerud EG,Strömberg T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion of therapeutic macromolecules through the extracellular matrix of tumor tissue is a crucial step in drug delivery. We use fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to measure diffusion of IgG (150 kDa) and dextrans (155 kDa and 2 MDa) in solution, 5% gelatin hydrogel, and multicellular spheroids. Gel and s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Reitan NK,Juthajan A,Lindmo T,de Lange Davies C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrillar collagen network in tumor and normal tissues is different due to remodeling of the extracellular matrix during the malignant process. Collagen type I fibers have the crystalline and noncentrosymmetric properties required for generating the second-harmonic signal. The content and structure of collagen wer...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Hompland T,Erikson A,Lindgren M,Lindmo T,de Lange Davies C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT)--a primary cause of potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE)--depends on the age of the thrombus. The existing clinical imaging methods are capable of visualizing a thrombus but cannot determine the age of the blood clot. Therefore, there is a need for an imaging technique to...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Karpiouk AB,Aglyamov SR,Mallidi S,Shah J,Scott WG,Rubin JM,Emelianov SY

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time photoacoustic imaging system is designed and built. This system is based on a commercially available ultrasound imaging system. It can achieve a frame rate of 8 frames/sec. Vasculature in the hand of a human volunteer is imaged, and the resulting photoacoustic image is combined with the ultrasound image. T...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kolkman RG,Brands PJ,Steenbergen W,van Leeuwen TG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We instrumented a combined fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging system to characterize the single- and two-photon excited autofluorescence in epithelial tissue. Single-photon fluorescence (SPF) are compared with two-photon fluorescence (TPF) measured at the same location in epithelial tissue. It was found that the SP...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zheng W,Wu Y,Li D,Qu JY

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tutorial introduction to diffuse light transport is presented. The basic analytic equations of time-resolved, steady-state and modulated light transport are introduced. The perturbation method for handling slight heterogeneities in optical properties is outlined. The treatment of boundary conditions such as an air/t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jacques SL,Pogue BW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current techniques to assess lymph node metastases in cancer patients include lymphoscintigraphy after administration of a nonspecific radiocolloid in order to locate and resect lymph nodes for pathological examination of harbored cancer cells. Clinical trials involving intradermal or subcutaneous injection of antibod...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Sampath L,Wang W,Sevick-Muraca EM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shallow lesions less than 1.5-cm deep are frequently seen in breast patients when they are scanned in reflection geometry. Two boundary conditions are compared for imaging shallow lesions, and a new probe design is introduced. A partial reflection boundary condition is suitable for imaging shallow lesions less than 1....

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Xu C,Yuan B,Zhu Q

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the ex vivo imaging of an oral cancerous sample with a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system. With the axial resolution of 8 microm in free space and system sensitivity of 108 dB, we can well distinguish the normal and abnormal tissue portions in a sample. In particular, we analyze t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Tsai MT,Lee HC,Lu CW,Wang YM,Lee CK,Yang CC,Chiang CP

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Temperature distribution is a crucial factor in determining the outcome of laser phototherapy in cancer treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an ideal method for 3-D noninvasive temperature measurement. A 7.1-T MRI was used to determine laser-induced high thermal gradient temperature distribution of target ti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Chen Y,Gnyawali SC,Wu F,Liu H,Tesiram YA,Abbott A,Towner RA,Chen WR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that the pathologic components present within the atheromatous plaques of ApoE knock-out mice can reflect significant amounts of mid-infrared (mid-IR) light. Furthermore, the reflected light spectra contained the unique signatures of a variety of biologic features including those found in unstable or "vulner...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Holman HY,Bjornstad KA,Martin MC,McKinney WR,Blakely EA,Blankenberg FG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recycling of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) to the cell surface after internalization plays an important role in the regulation of overall GPCR activity. The angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1R) belongs to class B GPCRs that recycle slowly back to the cell surface. Previous studies have proposed that Rab11 co...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Li H,Li HF,Felder RA,Periasamy A,Jose PA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using single-molecule microscopy, we present a method to quantify the number of single autofluorescent proteins when they cannot be optically resolved. This method relies on the measurement of the total intensity emitted by each aggregate until it photobleaches. This strategy overcomes the inherent problem of blinking...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Cognet L,Tardin C,Négrier ML,Breillat C,Coussen F,Choquet D,Lounis B

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1978 in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures have resulted in the birth of over 3 million babies. Yet in 2005, IVF procedures had a live birth rate of only 34%, with 32% of these births resulting in multiple pregnancies. These multiple pregnancies were directly attributed to the transfer of multiple embryos to i...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Warger WC 2nd,Newmark JA,Warner CM,DiMarzio CA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore the use of Monte-Carlo-model-based approaches for the analysis of fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra measured ex vivo from breast tissues. These models are used to extract the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence properties of malignant and nonmalignant tissues and to diagnose breast cancer ba...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu C,Palmer GM,Breslin TM,Harter J,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificially created demineralized and remineralized carious lesions on the root and enamel of human teeth were examined by photothermal radiometry (PTR) and modulated luminescence (LUM). Fourteen extracted human teeth were used and a lesion was created on a 1 mmx4 mm rectangular window, spanning root to enamel, using...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Jeon RJ,Hellen A,Matvienko A,Mandelis A,Abrams SH,Amaechi BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical clearing is a well-known phenomenon. It is based on the matching of refractive indices of a bulk material and scattering particles. The same principle is also used in scattering-based optical measurements of different constituents, such as glucose. By registering changes in scattering, it is possible to evalua...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kinnunen M,Myllylä R,Vainio S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present systematic characterization of a photoacoustic imaging system optimized for rapid, high-resolution tomographic imaging of small animals. The system is based on a 128-element ultrasonic transducer array with a 5-MHz center frequency and 80% bandwidth shaped to a quarter circle of 25 mm radius. A 16-channel d...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Gamelin J,Aguirre A,Maurudis A,Huang F,Castillo D,Wang LV,Zhu Q

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Monte-Carlo-based model of fluorescence is developed that is capable of extracting the intrinsic fluorescence properties of tissue, which are independent of the absorption and scattering properties of tissue. This model is flexible in its applicability to different illumination-collection geometries and is also vali...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Palmer GM,Ramanujam N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging could lead to the early detection and timely treatment of complex atherosclerotic lesions responsible for major cardiovascular events. Recent investigations have suggested that optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an ideal diagnostic tool due to the high resolution this technology a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Ghosn MG,Carbajal EF,Befrui NA,Tellez A,Granada JF,Larin KV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We combine laser tweezers with custom computer tracking software and robotics to analyze the motility [swimming speed, VCL (curvilinear velocity), and swimming force in terms of escape laser power (Pesc)] and energetics [mitochondrial membrane potential (MP)] of individual sperm. Domestic dog sperm are labeled with a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Nascimento JM,Shi LZ,Chandsawangbhuwana C,Tam J,Durrant B,Botvinick EL,Berns MW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been developing a Mach-Zehnder type of optical frequency domain reflectometry optical coherence tomography (OFDR-OCT) that uses discretely swept superstructure-grating distributed Bragg- reflector (SSG-DBR) lasers developed for telecommunication fields and has a 12-mm-depth range. We report images obtained wit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Kakuma H,Ohbayashi K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study using plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) to image epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in live cells. Through detailed analysis of the NP scattering spectra, we determine the intracellular refractive index (RI) within attoliter volumes inside of the living cells. Molecular imaging is demonstrated usin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Curry AC,Crow M,Wax A

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:This work reviews our research during the past several years on time-resolved (TR) near-infrared diffuse optical tomography (DOT). Following an introduction of the measuring modes, two proposed schemes of image reconstruction in TR-DOT are described: one utilizes the full TR data, and the other, referred to as the mod...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhao H,Gao F,Tanikawa Y,Yamada Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Monte Carlo algorithm is applied to simulate the measurements of a sample with glass slides sandwiched between the double integrating sphere (DIS) setup. The effects caused by various parameters, such as the sample port of integrating sphere, thicknesses, and optical properties of the sample, on light losses and opt...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Zhu D,Lu W,Zeng S,Luo Q

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose is to evaluate intramucosal gastric pH video imaging by 2('),7(')-bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) fluorescence ratio techniques. We use a video endoscopic imaging system and BCECF as the pH fluorescent probe. Systemic in vivo pH variations are studied in 10 pigs: five in the control group ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Rochon P,Jourdain M,Mangalaboyi J,Fourrier F,Soulié-Bégu S,Buys B,Dehlin G,Lesage JC,Chambrin MC,Mordon S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-field optical coherence tomography (FF-OCT) capable of in vivo cellular-level imaging is demonstrated for nonscanning horizontal cross-sectional imaging. The system is based on a white light interference microscope illuminated by a thermal light source. A dual-channel two-dimensional (2-D) detection technique inc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Akiba M,Chan KP

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective laser targeting of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is an attractive method for treating RPE-associated disorders. We are developing a method for optically detecting intracellular microcavitation that can potentially serve as an immediate feedback of the treatment outcome. Thermal denaturation or intrace...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Lee H,Alt C,Pitsillides CM,Lin CP

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first experimental result of direct delineation of the nuclei of living rat bladder epithelium with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (uOCT). We demonstrate that the cellular details embedded in the speckle noise in a uOCT image can be uncovered by time-lapse frame averaging that takes a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Pan YT,Wu ZL,Yuan ZJ,Wang ZG,Du CW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we investigated physical methods to reduce whole-body, diet-related autofluorescence interference in several mouse strains through changes in animal diet. Measurements of mice with an in vivo multispectral imaging system over a 21-day period allowed for the quantification of concentration changes ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical optics

authors： Bouchard MB,MacLaurin SA,Dwyer PJ,Mansfield J,Levenson R,Krucker T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00