Fabrication of dissolving microneedles with thermal-responsive coating for NIR-triggered transdermal delivery of metformin on diabetic rats

D Liu, Y Zhang, G Jiang, W Yu, B Xu… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study described near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive polymer-nanodot composite
microneedles (MNs) used for on-demand transdermal drug delivery. Bismuth (Bi) nanodots …

Double-clad fiber-based multifunctional biosensors and multimodal bioimaging systems: technology and applications

K Beaudette, J Li, J Lamarre, L Majeau, C Boudoux - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical fibers have been used to probe various tissue properties such as temperature, pH,
absorption, and scattering. Combining different sensing and imaging modalities within a …

Noninvasive assessment of corneal crosslinking with phase-decorrelation optical coherence tomography

BJ Blackburn, S Gu, MR Ford… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: There is strong evidence that abnormalities in corneal biomechanical play a
causal role in corneal ectasias, such as keratoconus. Additionally, corneal crosslinking …

Radiation-induced alterations in multi-layered, in-vitro skin models detected by optical coherence tomography and histological methods

L Bromberger, B Heise, K Felbermayer… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Inflammatory skin reactions and skin alterations are still a potential side effect in
radiation therapy (RT), which also need attention for patients' health care. Method In a pre …

Noise and bias in optical coherence tomography intensity signal decorrelation

N Uribe-Patarroyo, AL Post, S Ruiz-Lopera… - OSA …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Functional optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging based on the decorrelation of the
intensity signal has been used extensively in angiography and is finding use in flowmetry …

Patient-specific temperature distribution prediction in laser interstitial thermal therapy: single-irradiation data-driven method

T Gao, L Liang, H Ding, G Wang - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is popular for treating brain tumours and epilepsy.
The strict control of tissue thermal damage extent is crucial for LITT. Temperature prediction …

Real-time co-localized OCT surveillance of laser therapy using motion corrected speckle decorrelation

R Maltais-Tariant, C Boudoux… - Biomedical Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present a system capable of real-time delivery and monitoring of laser therapy by
imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) through a double-clad fiber (DCF). A …

Molecular antenna-sensitized upconversion nanoparticle for temperature monitored precision photothermal therapy

Y Wei, S Liu, C Pan, Z Yang, Y Liu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Photothermal therapy with accurate and real-time temperature detection is
desired in clinic. Upconversion nanocrystals (UCNs) are candidate materials for …

Balloon catheter-based radiofrequency ablation monitoring in porcine esophagus using optical coherence tomography

WCY Lo, N Uribe-Patarroyo, K Hoebel… - Biomedical Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present a microscopic image guidance platform for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) using
a clinical balloon-catheter-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, currently …

Flexible and lightweight speckle noise suppression module based on generation of dynamic speckles with multimode fiber and macro fiber composite

Q Gao, Z Tong, Y Ma, M Wang, S Jia, X Chen - Optics & Laser Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a flexible and lightweight laser speckle noise suppression module based on the
combination of a multimode fiber (MMF) and a macro fiber composite (MFC). The …