Traditional cancer therapeutics have been criticized due to various adverse effects and
insufficient damage to targeted tumors. The breakthrough of nanoparticles provides a novel …

In optical coherence elastography, images are formed by mapping a mechanical property of
tissue. Such images, known as elastograms, are formed on the microscale, intermediate …

A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical
validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its …

Deliberate and local increase of the temperature within solid tumors represents an effective
therapeutic approach. Thermal therapies embrace this concept leveraging the capability of …

Since its introduction, optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology has advanced from
the laboratory bench to the clinic and back again. Arising from the fields of low coherence …

State-of-the-art methods in high-resolution three-dimensional optical microscopy require that
the focus be scanned through the entire region of interest. However, an analysis of the …

Nanotechnology has encouraged new and amended materials (metal nanoparticles) for
therapeutic applications with specific prominence in healthcare. Metal nanoparticles (NPs) …

Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) is a minimally invasive full field optical technique
used to generate blood flow maps with high spatial and temporal resolution. The lack of …

We review the development of phantoms for optical coherence tomography (OCT) designed
to replicate the optical, mechanical and structural properties of a range of tissues. Such …

Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent single-walled carbon
nanotubes (SWNT) form heterostructured complexes that can be utilized as multimodal …