abstract：:A plastic optical fibre biosensor based on surface plasmon resonance for the detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum is proposed. The biosensor was integrated into a home-made thermo-stabilized microfluidic system that allows avoiding any thermal and/or mechanical fluctuation and maintaining the best stable con...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Aray A,Chiavaioli F,Arjmand M,Trono C,Tombelli S,Giannetti A,Cennamo N,Soltanolkotabi M,Zeni L,Baldini F

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:The aim of this study is to identify changes in scattering with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and relate these measurements with mitochondrial changes during the initiation of apoptosis. Human retinal pigment epithelial cells were cultured and apoptosis was induced using 10% alcohol. Using the attenuation coeffic...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： de Bruin DM,Broekgaarden M,van Gemert MJ,Heger M,de la Rosette JJ,Van Leeuwen TG,Faber DJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad range of applications of spatially-offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) were found to involve samples having only marginal differences in Raman cross-sections between the surface and subsurface targets. We report the results of a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of the approach to identify the presenc...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khan KM,Dutta SB,Krishna H,Majumder SK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a major public health problem worldwide. Here, we present a quantitative multispectral photoacoustic method for the evaluation of bone pathologies which has significant advantages over pure ultrasonic or pure optical methods as it provides both molecular information and bone mechanical status. This is ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Steinberg I,Turko N,Levi O,Gannot I,Eyal A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new optical scattering contrast-agent based on polymer-nanoparticle encapsulated silver nanoplates (PESNs) is presented. Silver nanoplates were chosen due to the flexibility of tuning their plasmon frequencies. The polymer coating preserves their physical and optical properties and confers other advantages such as c...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Ray A,Kopelman R,Chon B,Briggman K,Hwang J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectasia after refractive surgery represents a major concern among refractive surgeons. Corneal abnormalities and preexisting corneal ectasia are the most important risk factors. Corneal topography and central corneal thickness are the factors traditionally screening for in refractive surgery candidates. Study of the a...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Luz A,Lopes B,Salomão M,Ambrósio R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel hybrid method which combines sub-wavelength-scale phase measurements and pixel-scale displacement tracking for robust strain mapping in compressional optical coherence elastography is proposed. Unlike majority of OCE methods it does not rely on initial reconstruction of displacements and does not suffer from t...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Zaitsev VY,Matveyev AL,Matveev LA,Gelikonov GV,Gubarkova EV,Gladkova ND,Vitkin A

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:The effect of cetyl-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) on enhancing the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two dye-conjugated DNA strands was studied using fluorescence emission spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS). For hybridized DNA where one strand is conjugated with a TAMRA donor and th...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Oh T,Takahashi T,Kim S,Heller MJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Single-molecule localisation based super-resolution fluorescence imaging produces maps of the coordinates of fluorescent molecules in a region of interest. Cluster analysis algorithms provide information concerning the clustering characteristics of these molecules, often through the generation of cluster heat maps bas...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Griffié J,Boelen L,Burn G,Cope AP,Owen DM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo imaging of cerebral vasculature is highly vital for clinicians and medical researchers alike. For a number of years non-invasive optical-based imaging of brain vascular network by using standard fluorescence probes has been considered as impossible. In the current paper controverting this paradigm, we present ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kalchenko V,Israeli D,Kuznetsov Y,Meglinski I,Harmelin A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial meningitis is a disease of pronounced clinical significance, especially in the developing world. Immediate treatment with antibiotics is essential, and no single test can provide a conclusive diagnosis. It is well established that elevated total protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is associated with bacteri...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Steelman Z,Meng Z,Traverso AJ,Yakovlev VV

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical coherence elastography (OCE) represents the frontier of optical elasticity imaging techniques and focuses on the micro-scale assessment of tissue biomechanics in 3D that is hard to achieve with traditional elastographic methods. Benefit from the advancement of optical coherence tomography, and driven by the in...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Wang S,Larin KV

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research work presented in this paper focuses on qualitative tissue differentiation by monitoring the intensity ratios of atomic emissions using 'Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy' (LIBS) on the plasma plume created during laser tissue ablation. The background of this study is to establish a real time feedback ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kanawade R,Mahari F,Klämpfl F,Rohde M,Knipfer C,Tangermann-Gerk K,Adler W,Schmidt M,Stelzle F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, optical coherence tomography (OCT), is not capable of obtaining molecular information often crucial for identification of disease. To enable molecular imaging with OCT, we have further developed a technique that harnesses transient changes in light absorption in the sample to garner molecular information. A...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Carrasco-Zevallos O,Shelton RL,Kim W,Pearson J,Applegate BE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is a rapidly growing technology in the biophotonics community where it has shown promise in its ability to classify different tissues. In the steady-state domain a wide spectrum of clinical applications is supported with this technology ranging from diagnostic to guided interventions. ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Bydlon TM,Nachabé R,Ramanujam N,Sterenborg HJ,Hendriks BH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated the potential of cross-polarization optical coherence tomography (CP-OCT) to quantify the severity of early caries lesions (tooth decay) on tooth surfaces. The purpose of this study is to show that 2D images of the lesion depth and the integrated reflectivity can be used to accurately...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Chan KH,Chan AC,Fried WA,Simon JC,Darling CL,Fried D

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Uncoated and poly(styrene sulphonate) (PSS)-coated gold nanorods were taken up by NG108-15 neuronal cells. Exposure to 780 nm laser light at the plasmon resonance wavelength of the gold nanorods was found to induce intracellular Ca(2+) transients. The higher Ca(2+) peaks were observed at lower laser doses, with the hi...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Paviolo C,Haycock JW,Cadusch PJ,McArthur SL,Stoddart PR

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Semen analysis is performed for evaluation of fertility disorders, however it is susceptible to subjectivity of investigators, and lacking of objective criterion for sperm cell quality remains a problem. There is an ongoing debate on which criteria should be employed to define normal spermatozoa. Here, the aim of our ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Huang Z,Chen G,Chen X,Wang J,Chen J,Lu P,Chen R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of conventional fluorescence microscopy for characterizing tissue pathological states is limited by overlapping spectra and the dependence on excitation power and fluorophore concentration. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) can overcome these limitations due to its insensitivity to fluorophore co...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Gu J,Fu CY,Ng BK,Gulam Razul Ss,Lim SK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have demonstrated the potential to eradicate abnormal cells in small localized pathological zones associated with cancer or infections. Here, we introduce a method for nanotechnology-based photothermal (PT) killing of whole organisms considered harmful to humans or the environ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Foster SR,Galanzha EI,Totten DC,Beneš H,Shmookler Reis RJ,Zharov VP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FTIR spectroscopy is a powerful diagnostic tool that can also derive biochemical signatures of a wide range of cellular materials, such as cytology, histology, live cells, and biofluids. However, while classification is a well-established subject, biomarker identification lacks standards and validation of its methods....

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Trevisan J,Park J,Angelov PP,Ahmadzai AA,Gajjar K,Scott AD,Carmichael PL,Martin FL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FTIR microspectroscopy was applied for studying macromolecular changes in human serum samples from patients with healthy livers, and those diagnosed with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our study demonstrated that the serum samples from HCC and cirrhotic patients could readily be discriminated from ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Thumanu K,Sangrajrang S,Khuhaprema T,Kalalak A,Tanthanuch W,Pongpiachan S,Heraud P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone-marrow (BM)-derived cells have been shown to be capable of aiding skin regeneration in vivo by differentiating into keratinocytes. However, the conditions under which this occurs are not fully understood. Characterizing innate mechanisms of skin regeneration by stem cells in vivo is important for the area of stem...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Graf BW,Bower AJ,Chaney EJ,Marjanovic M,Adie SG,De Lisio M,Valero MC,Boppart MD,Boppart SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the ability of dual-frequency Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering (D-CARS) micro-spectroscopy, based on femtosecond pulses (100 fs or 5 fs) spectrally focussed by glass dispersion, to distinguish the chemical composition of micron-sized lipid droplets consisting of different triglycerides types (...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Di Napoli C,Masia F,Pope I,Otto C,Langbein W,Borri P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple scheme for multimodal coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy is based on the spectral focusing of ultrafast-oscillator-derived pump/probe light and synchronous photonic crystal fiber (PCF) fiber-generated broadband Stokes light. To date, such schemes allowed rapid hyperspectral imaging throug...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Pegoraro AF,Slepkov AD,Ridsdale A,Moffatt DJ,Stolow A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel silicon photonic biosensor using phase-shifted Bragg gratings in a slot waveguide. The optical field is concentrated inside the slot region, leading to efficient light-matter interaction. The Bragg gratings are formed with sidewall corrugations on the outside of the waveguide, and a phase shift is i...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Wang X,Flueckiger J,Schmidt S,Grist S,Fard ST,Kirk J,Doerfler M,Cheung KC,Ratner DM,Chrostowski L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) has been applied to unstained samples of articular cartilage enabling the investigation of living cells within fresh tissue. Hyperspectral SRS measurements over the CH vibrational region showed variations in protein and lipid content within the cells, pericellular matrix and interterr...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Mansfield J,Moger J,Green E,Moger C,Winlove CP

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:We present the design and construction of a prototype imaging probe capable of co-registered pulse-echo ultrasound and photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging in real time. The probe consists of 36 fibers of 200 micron core diameter each that are distributed around a commercial transvaginal ultrasound transducer, and hou...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Kumavor PD,Alqasemi U,Tavakoli B,Li H,Yang Y,Sun X,Warych E,Zhu Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We fabricated composite nanoparticles consisting of a plasmonic core (gold nanorods or gold-silver nanocages) and a hematoporphyrin-doped silica shell. The dual photodynamic and photothermal activities of such nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus 209 P were studied and compared with the activities of reference ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Khlebtsov BN,Tuchina ES,Khanadeev VA,Panfilova EV,Petrov PO,Tuchin VV,Khlebtsov NG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcalcifications are an early mammographic sign of breast cancer and a target for stereotactic breast needle biopsy. Here, we develop and compare different approaches for developing Raman classification algorithms to diagnose invasive and in situ breast cancer, fibrocystic change and fibroadenoma that can be associ...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Dingari NC,Barman I,Saha A,McGee S,Galindo LH,Liu W,Plecha D,Klein N,Dasari RR,Fitzmaurice M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) became important and wide-used tool for cell imaging because of their unique remarkable properties. Nevertheless, all previous investigations in this area were done on proliferating cells. For the first time, this work demonstrates strong influence of cell active proliferation/contact...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Serdiuk T,Lysenko V,Mognetti B,Skryshevsky V,Géloën A

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:We report a compact, cost-effective tuned amplifier for frequency-selective amplification of the modulated signal in heterodyne detected nonlinear optical microscopy. Our method improved the signal to noise ratio by an order of magnitude compared to conventional lock-in detection, as demonstrated through stimulated Ra...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Slipchenko MN,Oglesbee RA,Zhang D,Wu W,Cheng JX

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanofluidics enables the imaging of stretched single molecules with potential applications for single molecule sequence mapping. Lab-on-a-chip devices for single cell trapping and lyzing, genomic DNA extraction from single cells, and optical mapping of genomic length DNA has been demonstrated separately. Yet the pursu...

journal_title：Journal of biophotonics

authors： Marie R,Kristensen A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00