Imaging challenges in biomaterials and tissue engineering

AA Appel, MA Anastasio, JC Larson, EM Brey - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Biomaterials are employed in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
(TERM) in order to enhance the regeneration or replacement of tissue function and/or …

Optical coherence tomography in dermatology: technical and clinical aspects

T Gambichler, V Jaedicke, S Terras - Archives of dermatological research, 2011 - Springer
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a fairly new non-invasive optical real-time imaging
modality, is an emergent in vivo technique, based on the interference (Michelson …

Tissue engineering of skin

RA Kamel, JF Ong, E Eriksson… - Journal of the …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine are a blend of developmental biology,
life sciences, and engineering efforts that attempts to address clinical problems. Tissue …

The development of a 3D immunocompetent model of human skin

DYS Chau, C Johnson, S MacNeil, JW Haycock… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
As the first line of defence, skin is regularly exposed to a variety of biological, physical and
chemical insults. Therefore, determining the skin sensitization potential of new chemicals is …

Taking a deep look: modern microscopy technologies to optimize the design and functionality of biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering in regenerative …

M Vielreicher, S Schürmann… - Journal of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review focuses on modern nonlinear optical microscopy (NLOM) methods that are
increasingly being used in the field of tissue engineering (TE) to image tissue non-invasively …

Basic quality controls used in skin tissue engineering

L Linares-Gonzalez, T Rodenas-Herranz, F Campos… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reconstruction of skin defects is often a challenging effort due to the currently limited
reconstructive options. In this sense, tissue engineering has emerged as a possible …

Multimodal in vivo skin imaging with integrated optical coherence and multiphoton microscopy

BW Graf, SA Boppart - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we demonstrate high-resolution, multimodal in vivo imaging of human skin
using optical coherence (OCM) and multiphoton microscopy (MPM). These two modalities …

Development of a vascularized human skin equivalent with hypodermis for photoaging studies

MM Sanchez, TI Tonmoy, BH Park, JT Morgan - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Photoaging is an important extrinsic aging factor leading to altered skin morphology and
reduced function. Prior work has revealed a connection between photoaging and loss of …

Generation of self-assembled vascularized human skin equivalents

MM Sanchez, JT Morgan - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2021 - jove.com
Human skin equivalents (HSEs) are tissue engineered constructs that model epidermal and
dermal components of human skin. These models have been used to study skin …

Automated epidermal thickness quantification of in vitro human skin equivalents using optical coherence tomography

MM Sanchez, DN Orneles, BH Park, JT Morgan - BioTechniques, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human skin equivalents (HSEs) are in vitro models of human skin. They are used to study
skin development, diseases, wound healing and toxicity. The gold standard of analysis is …