Objectives To describe the epidemiological status of oral cancer (OC) in India along with
updates on risk factors, advances and gaps in preventive measures, treatment, costs of care …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemistry-based treatment approach that relies on
the activation of photosensitizers by light to locally generate reactive oxygen species that …

Optical projection tomography (OPT) reconstruction using a minimal number of measured
views offers the potential to significantly reduce excitation dosage and greatly enhance …

Background The dramatic increase of drug-resistant bacteria necessitates urgent
development of platforms to simultaneously detect and inactivate bacteria causing wound …

While surgical resection is a mainstay of cancer treatment, many tumors are unresectable
due to stage, location, or comorbidities. Ablative therapies, which cause local destruction of …

The editorial introduces the Special Section on Seeing Inside Tissue with Optical Molecular
Probes. Although fluorescence contrast has been used in medical imaging and pre-clinical …

Significance: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has an exceptionally high rate of
incidence and mortality in India, with 15 cases per 100,000 people and over 70,000 deaths …