In-vivo and ex-vivo optical clearing methods for biological tissues

I Costantini, R Cicchi, L Silvestri, F Vanzi… - Biomedical optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Every optical imaging technique is limited in its penetration depth by scattering occurring in
biological tissues. Possible solutions to overcome this problem consist of limiting the …

Recent progress in tissue optical clearing

D Zhu, KV Larin, Q Luo, VV Tuchin - Laser & photonics reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue optical clearing technique provides a prospective solution for the application of
advanced optical methods in life sciences. This paper gives a review of recent …

Light propagation in tissues with controlled optical properties

VV Tuchin, IL Maksimova… - … of biomedical optics, 1997 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Theoretical and computer modeling approaches, such as Mie theory, radiative transfer
theory, diffusion wave correlation spectroscopy, and Monte Carlo simulation were used to …

Light scattering study of tissues

VV Tuchin - Physics-Uspekhi, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
Tissue optics is a rapidly expanding field of great interest to those involved in the
development of optical medical technologies. In the present review both strongly (multiple) …

Use of an agent to reduce scattering in skin

G Vargas, EK Chan, JK Barton… - Lasers in surgery …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objective A method to increase light transport deeply into target areas of
tissue would enhance both therapeutic and diagnostic laser applications. The effects of a …

Noninvasive monitoring of glucose concentration with optical coherence tomography

RO Esenaliev, KV Larin, IV Larina, M Motamedi - Optics letters, 2001 - opg.optica.org
We have proposed a tested in tissue phantoms and in vivo a novel sensor based on optical
coherence tomography (OCT) for noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood glucose …

[HTML][HTML] Optical clearing of biological tissues: prospects of application in medical diagnostics and phototherapy

EA Genina, AN Bashkatov, YP Sinichkin… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2015 - cyberleninka.ru
A review of specific features and methods of optical clearing and related interaction of light
with tissues is presented. Physical and molecular mechanisms of immersion, compression …

Optical clearing of tissues and blood using the immersion method

VV Tuchin - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper aims to review recent results on the optical clearing of the naturally turbid
biological tissues and blood using the optical immersion technique, which is well known in …

Methods for noninvasive analyte sensing

M Motamedi, RO Esenaliev - US Patent 6,725,073, 2004 - Google Patents
Methods for measuring analyte concentration within a tissue using optical coherence
tomography (OCT). Radiation is generated, and a first portion of the radiation is directed to …

Quantitative analysis of dehydration in porcine skin for assessing mechanism of optical clearing

T Yu, X Wen, VV Tuchin, Q Luo… - Journal of biomedical …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Dehydration induced by optical clearing agents (OCAs) can improve tissue optical
transmittance; however, current studies merely gave some qualitative descriptions. We …