Microbial biofilms have caused serious concerns in healthcare, medical, and food industries
because of their intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning …

Cancer is a known deadliest disease that requires a judicious diagnostic, targeting, and
treatment strategy for an early prognosis and selective therapy. The major pitfalls of the …

With the rise of fluorescence-guided surgery, it has become evident that different types of
fluorescence signals can provide value in the surgical setting. Hereby a different range of …

Bone is organized in a hierarchical 3D architecture. Traditionally, analysis of the skeletal
system was based on bone mass assessment by radiographic methods or on the …

Biofilms form complex structures that are ubiquitous in natural environments and can cause
chronic infections which are difficult to treat. While much is known about biofilms, many …

In recent decades, imaging devices have become indispensable tools in the basic sciences,
in preclinical research and in modern drug development. The rapidly evolving high …

Advancements in light technology, devices and its applications have tremendously changed
the facets of biomedical science and engineering to provide powerful diagnostic and …

Background: Autofluorescence lifetime (AFL) imaging, a robust technique that enables label-
free molecular investigation of biological tissues, is being introduced into the field of …

Rigorous validation with ground truth information such as histology is needed to reliably
assess the current and potential value of MRI techniques to characterize tissue and identify …

Context.—Optical imaging techniques are currently available for imaging tissues without the
need for any type of extensive tissue preparation. There are several applications for their …