Feature issue introduction: biophotonic materials and applications

Kwang-Sup Lee, Chantal Andraud, Kaoru Tamada, Konstantin Sokolov, Kenneth T. Kotz, and Gang Zheng

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2078-2081 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterisation of the effects of optical aberrations in single molecule techniques

Benjamin C. Coles, Stephen E. D. Webb, Noah Schwartz, Daniel J. Rolfe, Marisa Martin-Fernandez, and Valentina Lo Schiavo

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1755-1767 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Non-invasive dual fluorescence in vivo imaging for detection of macrophage infiltration and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity in inflammatory arthritic joints

Hongsik Cho, Fazal-Ur-Rehman Bhatti, Tae Won Yoon, Karen A. Hasty, John M. Stuart, and Ae-Kyung Yi

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1842-1852 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Elemental analysis of tissue pellets for the differentiation of epidermal lesion and normal skin by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Youngmin Moon, Jung Hyun Han, Sungho Shin, Yong-Chul Kim, and Sungho Jeong

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1626-1636 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Miniature fiber-optic multiphoton microscopy system using frequency-doubled femtosecond Er-doped fiber laser

Lin Huang, Arthur K. Mills, Yuan Zhao, David J. Jones, and Shuo Tang

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1948-1956 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescent property of indocyanine green (ICG) rubber ring using LED and laser light sources

Nha Young Hong, Hong Rae Kim, Hyun Min Lee, Dae Kyung Sohn, and Kwang Gi Kim

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1637-1644 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Motion robust PPG-imaging through color channel mapping

Andreia V. Moço, Sander Stuijk, and Gerard de Haan

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1737-1754 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of perturbation Monte Carlo methods for polarized light transport in a discrete particle scattering model

Jennifer Nguyen, Carole K. Hayakawa, Judith R. Mourant, Vasan Venugopalan, and Jerome Spanier

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2051-2066 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Optically monitored drug delivery patch based on porous silicon and polymer microneedles

Principia Dardano, Alessandro Caliò, Jane Politi, Ilaria Rea, Ivo Rendina, and Luca De Stefano

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1645-1655 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote z-scanning with a macroscopic voice coil motor for fast 3D multiphoton laser scanning microscopy

Peter Rupprecht, Andrew Prendergast, Claire Wyart, and Rainer W Friedrich

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1656-1671 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (3)]

Label-free imaging of metabolism and oxidative stress in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

Rupsa Datta, Christopher Heylman, Steven C. George, and Enrico Gratton

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1690-1701 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast 3D visualization of endogenous brain signals with high-sensitivity laser scanning photothermal microscopy

Jun Miyazaki, Tadatsune Iida, Shinji Tanaka, Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Haruo Kasai, Shigeo Okabe, and Takayoshi Kobayashi

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1702-1710 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Fast volumetric imaging with patterned illumination via digital micro-mirror device-based temporal focusing multiphoton microscopy

Chia-Yuan Chang, Yvonne Yuling Hu, Chun-Yu Lin, Cheng-Han Lin, Hsin-Yu Chang, Sheng-Feng Tsai, Tzu-Wei Lin, and Shean-Jen Chen

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1727-1736 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (3)]

Optimizing ultrafast illumination for multiphoton-excited fluorescence imaging

Caleb R. Stoltzfus and Aleksander Rebane

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1768-1782 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact solid-state CMOS single-photon detector array for in vivo NIR fluorescence lifetime oncology measurements

H. A. R. Homulle, F. Powolny, P. L. Stegehuis, J. Dijkstra, D.-U. Li, K. Homicsko, D. Rimoldi, K. Muehlethaler, J. O. Prior, R. Sinisi, E. Dubikovskaya, E. Charbon, and C. Bruschini

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1797-1814 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Subcellular chemical and morphological analysis by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy and image analysis techniques

Annalisa D’Arco, Nadia Brancati, Maria Antonietta Ferrara, Maurizio Indolfi, Maria Frucci, and Luigi Sirleto

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1853-1864 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Third harmonic generation imaging for fast, label-free pathology of human brain tumors

N. V. Kuzmin, P. Wesseling, P. C. de Witt Hamer, D. P. Noske, G. D. Galgano, H. D. Mansvelder, J. C. Baayen, and M. L. Groot

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1889-1904 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (7)]

Temperature feedback-controlled photothermal treatment with diffusing applicator: theoretical and experimental evaluations

Trung Hau Nguyen, Suhyun Park, Kyu Kyu Hlaing, and Hyun Wook Kang

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1932-1947 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time imaging of action potentials in nerves using changes in birefringence

Ali H. Badreddine, Tomas Jordan, and Irving J. Bigio

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1966-1973 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (3)]

Solar-thermal complex sample processing for nucleic acid based diagnostics in limited resource settings

Abdurrahman Gumus, Syed Ahsan, Belgin Dogan, Li Jiang, Ryan Snodgrass, Andrea Gardner, Zhengda Lu, Kenneth Simpson, and David Erickson

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1974-1984 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical fiber LPG biosensor integrated microfluidic chip for ultrasensitive glucose detection

Ming-jie Yin, Bobo Huang, Shaorui Gao, A. Ping Zhang, and Xuesong Ye

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2067-2077 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Retinal thermal damage threshold dependence on exposure duration for the transitional near-infrared laser radiation at 1319 nm

Jiarui Wang, Luguang Jiao, Xiaomin Jing, Hongxia Chen, Xiangjun Hu, and Zaifu Yang

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2016-2021 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Novel microscope-integrated stereoscopic heads-up display for intrasurgical optical coherence tomography

Liangbo Shen, Oscar Carrasco-Zevallos, Brenton Keller, Christian Viehland, Gar Waterman, Paul S. Hahn, Anthony N. Kuo, Cynthia A. Toth, and Joseph A. Izatt

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1711-1726 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (7)]

Multi-modal adaptive optics system including fundus photography and optical coherence tomography for the clinical setting

Matthias Salas, Wolfgang Drexler, Xavier Levecq, Barbara Lamory, Markus Ritter, Sonja Prager, Julia Hafner, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, and Michael Pircher

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1783-1796 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (7)]

Enhanced volumetric visualization for real time 4D intraoperative ophthalmic swept-source OCT

Christian Viehland, Brenton Keller, Oscar M. Carrasco-Zevallos, Derek Nankivil, Liangbo Shen, Shwetha Mangalesh, Du Tran Viet, Anthony N. Kuo, Cynthia A. Toth, and Joseph A. Izatt

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1815-1829 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

In vivo investigation of temporal effects and drug delivery induced by transdermal microneedles with optical coherence tomography

Meng-Tsan Tsai, I-Chi Lee, Zhung-Fu Lee, Hao-Li Liu, Chun-Chieh Wang, Yo-Chun Choia, Hsin-Yi Chou, and Jiann-Der Lee

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1865-1876 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Scalable wide-field optical coherence tomography-based angiography for in vivo imaging applications

Jingjiang Xu, Wei Wei, Shaozhen Song, Xiaoli Qi, and Ruikang K. Wang

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1905-1919 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Automated analysis of multimodal fluorescence lifetime imaging and optical coherence tomography data for the diagnosis of oral cancer in the hamster cheek pouch model

Paritosh Pande, Sebina Shrestha, Jesung Park, Irma Gimenez-Conti, Jimi Brandon, Brian E. Applegate, and Javier A. Jo

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2000-2015 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Using optical trap to measure the refractive index of a single animal virus in culture fluid with high precision

Yuanjie Pang, Hanna Song, and Wei Cheng

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1672-1689 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Targeted Aucore-Agshell nanorods as a dual-functional contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

Yiwen Shi, Dong Peng, Kun Wang, Xinyu Chai, Qiushi Ren, Jie Tian, and Chuanqing Zhou

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1830-1841 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrasound-guided photoacoustic imaging for the selective detection of EGFR-expressing breast cancer and lymph node metastases

Meihua Zhang, Hoe Suk Kim, Tiefeng Jin, Ann Yi, and Woo Kyung Moon

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1920-1931 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherent-weighted three-dimensional image reconstruction in linear-array-based photoacoustic tomography

Depeng Wang, Yuehang Wang, Yang Zhou, Jonathan F. Lovell, and Jun Xia

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1957-1965 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Raman spectroscopy of endoscopic colonic biopsies from patients with ulcerative colitis to identify mucosal inflammation and healing

James Addis, Noor Mohammed, Olorunda Rotimi, Derek Magee, Animesh Jha, and Venkataraman Subramanian

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2022-2035 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Preclinical metrics to predict through-focus visual acuity for pseudophakic patients

Aixa Alarcon, Carmen Canovas, Robert Rosen, Henk Weeber, Linda Tsai, Kendra Hileman, and Patricia Piers

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1877-1888 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Accommodating volume-constant age-dependent optical (AVOCADO) model of the crystalline GRIN lens

Conor J. Sheil and Alexander V. Goncharov

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 1985-1999 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Automatic detection of cone photoreceptors in split detector adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope images

David Cunefare, Robert F. Cooper, Brian Higgins, David F. Katz, Alfredo Dubra, Joseph Carroll, and Sina Farsiu

Biomed. Opt. Express 7(5), 2036-2050 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF