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Green Fluorescent Protein-Based Glucose Indicators Report Glucose Dynamics in Living Cells
摘要： Glucose is the most important energy source for living animals. Here, we developed a series of single fluorescent protein (FP)-based glucose indicators, named as "Green Glifons", to understand the hierarchal and mutual relationships between molecules involved in energy metabolism. Three indicators showed a different EC50 for glucose (50 μM, 600 μM and 4,000 μM), producing a ~7-fold change in fluorescence intensity in response to glucose. The indicators could visualize glucose dynamics in the cytoplasm, plasma membrane, nucleus and mitochondria of living HeLa cells and in vivo, in the pharyngeal muscle of C. elegans and could measure murine blood glucose levels. Finally, the indicators were applicable to dual-color imaging, revealing the dynamic interplay between glucose and Ca2+ in mouse pancreatic MIN6 m9 β cells. We propose that these indicators will facilitate and contribute to in vivo and multi-color imaging of energy metabolism.
关键词： biosensors,artificial sweeteners,dual-color imaging,C. elegans,live cell imaging,glucose,blood glucose level,fluorescent protein
更新于2025-11-21 11:24:58
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[IEEE 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Kobe, Japan (2018.10.22-2018.10.25)] 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Simulation of Photoacoustic Imaging of Red Blood Cell Aggregation Using a Numerical Model of Pulsatile Blood Flow
摘要： Photocatalytic imaging of blood flow using a pulsed laser diode of semiconductor blood flow aggregation and oxygenation saturation (sO2) estimation. During blood flow aggregation, the oxygen saturation of the blood flow is affected by the interaction between red blood cell (RBC) aggregation and the oxygen saturation (sO2) [1-7]. The mechanism of the aggregation is not yet fully understood. To date, two models, namely the bridging and depletion models, are proposed for explaining the kinetics of RBC aggregation [20-21]. Using the proposed models, new efforts have been published to investigate the kinetics of RBC aggregation [22-24]. In this paper, a simple particle motion model in two-dimensional (2D) space was introduced to understand the photothermal imaging of blood flow aggregation from the flow model. The flow model consisted of 125 elements spaced at 10 μm center-to-center, yielding a lateral length of 22.0 mm. The incident laser fluence was less than 10 mJ/cm2, below the safety limit by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for these wavelengths. The photothermal power (PTP) was computed from the flow model at each time step, and the simulated PTP was compared to the measured PTP in vivo. From the comparison, the kinetics of RBC aggregation was studied.
关键词： blood flow,aggregation,photocatalytic imaging,photothermal power,kinetics,red blood cell,oxygenation saturation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Head-to-head comparison of the diagnostic performances of Rubidium-PET and SPECT with CZT camera for the detection of myocardial ischemia in a population of women and overweight individuals
摘要： Background. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performances for the detection of myocardial ischemia of 82-Rb-PET-MPS and 99m-Tc-SPECT-MPS in overweight individuals and women. Methods and Results. Men with BMI ≥ 25 and women referred for MPS were considered for inclusion. All individuals underwent 99m-Tc-SPECT-MPS with CZT cameras and 82-Rb-PET-MPS in 3D-mode. Individuals with at least one positive MPS were referred for coronary angiography (CA) with FFR measurements. A criterion for positivity was a composite endpoint including significant stenosis on CA or, in the absence of CA, the occurrence of acute coronary event during the following year. 313 patients (46% women) with mean BMI of 31.8 ± 6.5 were included. Sensitivity for the detection of myocardial ischemia was higher with 82-Rb-PET-MPS compared with 99m-Tc-SPECT-MPS (85% vs. 57%, P < .05); specificity was equally high with both imaging techniques (93% vs. 94%, P > .05). 82-Rb-PET allowed for a more accurate detection of patients with a high-risk coronary artery disease (HR-CAD) than 99m-Tc-SPECT-MPS (AUC = 0.86 vs. 0.75, respectively; P = .04). Conclusions. In women and overweight individuals, 82-Rb-PET-MPS provides higher sensitivity for the detection of myocardial ischemia than 99m-Tc-SPECT-MPS thanks to a better image quality and an improved detection of HR-CAD.
关键词： CZT camera,MPI,Diagnostic and prognostic application,PET,Myocardial blood flow,SPECT,82-Rubidium,CAD
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Spectral correction for handheld optoacoustic imaging by means of near-infrared optical tomography in reflection mode
摘要： In vivo imaging of tissue/vasculature oxygen saturation levels is of prime interest in many clinical applications. To this end, the feasibility of combining two distinct and complementary imaging modalities was investigated: optoacoustics (OA) and near-infrared tomography (NIROT), both operating noninvasively in reflection mode. Experiments were conducted on two optically heterogeneous phantoms mimicking tissue before and after the occurrence of a perturbation. OA imaging was used to resolve submillimetric vessel-like optical absorbers at depths up to 25 mm, but with a spectral distortion in the OA signals. NIROT measurements were utilized to image perturbations in the background and to estimate the light fluence inside the phantoms at the wavelength pair (760 nm, 830 nm). This enabled the spectral correction of the vessel-like absorbers' OA signals: the error in the ratio of the absorption coefficient at 830 nm to that at 760 nm was reduced from 60%-150% to 10%-20%. The results suggest that oxygen saturation (SO2) levels in arteries can be determined with <10% error and furthermore, that relative changes in vessels' SO2 can be monitored with even better accuracy. The outcome relies on a proper identification of the OA signals emanating from the studied vessels.
关键词： fluence compensation,near-infrared optical tomography,blood oxygen saturation,quantitative optoacoustic imaging,optoacoustic signal quantification,multimodal imaging,spectral correction
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A new self-made digital slide scanner and microscope for imaging and quantification of fluorescent microspheres
摘要： Objective: A low-cost microscope slide scanner was constructed for the purpose of digital imaging of newborn piglet brain tissue and to quantify fluorescent microspheres in tissue. Methods: Using a standard digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, fluorescent imaging of newborn piglet brain tissue was performed. A computer algorithm available for download was created to detect fluorescent microspheres in the brain tissue slides and to calculate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). The precision of the algorithm was tested by comparing with manual counting of the fluorescent microspheres. Finally, bright-field imaging was tested by adding light diffuser film. Results: Cost of the slide scanner was a fraction of the cost of a commercial slide scanner. The slide scanner was able to image a large number of tissue slides in a semiautomatic manner and provided a large field of view (FOV) of 101 mm2 combined with a resolution of 2.9 μm. The mean difference (SD) between manual and automatic counts was in absolute numbers 0.32 (1.5) microspheres ranging from -5 to 5 microspheres per slide. The relative total difference between automatic and manual counts was -3.1%. Conclusions: A slide scanner was constructed and an automatic algorithm to detect fluorescent microspheres in tissue was developed and validated and showed an acceptable difference to “gold standard” manual counting. The slide scanner can be regarded as a low-cost alternative for researchers when digital slide imaging and quantification of fluorescent microspheres are needed.
关键词： Slide scanner,Fluorescence,Bright-field,Microspheres,Microscopy,Cerebral blood flow
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A novel dynamical approach in continuous cuffless blood pressure estimation based on ECG and PPG signals
摘要： Continuous cu?ess blood pressure (BP) monitoring has attracted much interest in ?nding the ideal treatment of diseases and the prevention of premature death. This paper presents a novel dynamical method, based on pulse transit time (PTT) and photoplethysmogram intensity ratio (PIR), for the continuous cu?ess BP estimation. By taking the advantages of both the modeling and the prediction approaches, the proposed framework e?ectively estimates diastolic BP (DBP), mean BP (BP), and systolic BP (SBP). Adding past states of the cardiopulmonary system as well as present states of the cardiac system to our model caused two main improvements. First, high accuracy of the method in the beat to beat BP estimation. Second, notwithstanding noticeable BP changes, the performance of the model is preserved over time. The experimental setup includes comparative studies on a large, standard dataset. Moreover, the proposed method outperformed the most recent and cited algorithms with improved accuracy.
关键词： Cu?ess blood pressure estimation,Taken’s theorem,Multivariate adaptive regression spline,Pulse transit time,Photoplethysmogram intensity ratio
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Cuff-less continuous measurement of blood pressure using wrist and fingertip photo-plethysmograms: Evaluation and feature analysis
摘要： Continuous monitoring of blood pressure improves prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases. Currently, cuff-based oscillometric sphygmomanometers are commonly used to monitor the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. However, this technique is discontinuous in nature and inconvenient for repeated measurements. Here we have proposed indirect measurement of blood pressure from photo-plethysmograms (PPG) simultaneously recorded from wrist and fingertip. The signals were recorded from 111 participants and different morphological features were obtained from PPG and its second derivative, acceleration plethysmograms (APG). Moreover, different measures of pulse transit time (PTT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were obtained from the recorded PPGs. Multi-layer Neural Networks were used to estimate the non-linear relationship between these features and systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP and DBP). Mean absolute errors of 6.77 and 4.82 mmHg were achieved in comparison with measurements from a validated commercial oscillometric sphygmomanometer. Feature analysis provided insight about the importance of features for estimating BP, and demonstrated that these features are not the same for SBP and DBP. Using the highest-ranked 15 and 13 features obtained from moving-backward algorithm the mean absolute errors were reduced to 5.31 and 4.62 mmHg for SBP and DBP. However, the optimum optimal feature sets provided by a genetic algorithm for estimating SBP/DBP led to the lowest mean absolute errors of 4.94/4.03. These results compared to previous studies and the available standards suggest that the method is a promising substitute for oscillometric sphygmomanometers which can be used conveniently for continuous monitoring of blood pressure.
关键词： Genetic algorithms,Non-obstructive blood pressure measurement,Multi-layer neural networks,Photo-plethysmography
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Absolute quantification (ml blood/sec???mm2 tissue) of normal vs. diabetic foot skin microvascular blood perfusion: Feasibility of FM-PPG measurements under clinical conditions
摘要： Fluorescence-mediated photoplethysmography (FM-PPG) is the first routine clinical methodology by which to quantifiably measure tissue blood perfusion in absolute terms (mL blood/sec ? mm2 tissue). The FM-PPG methodology has been described in detail previously in this journal (MVR 114, 2017, 92-100), along with initial proof-of-concept measurements of blood perfusion in both ocular and forearm skin tissues. The motivation for the current study was to investigate whether FM-PPG can be used readily and routinely under realistic clinical conditions. The vehicle for doing this was to measure medial foot capillary blood flow, i.e., tissue perfusion, in 7 normal subjects, mean = 6.76 ± 2.29 E-005 mL/(sec ? mm2), and lesion-free areas of 8 type-2 diabetic patients with skin ulceration, mean = 4.67 + 3.15 E-005 mL/(sec ? mm2). Thus, perfusion in the diabetics was found to be moderately lower than that in the normal control subjects. Earlier skin perfusion measurements in medial forearms of 4 normal subjects, mean = 2.64 + 0.22 E-005 mL/(sec ? mm2), were lower than both the normal and diabetic foot perfusion measurements. Variability in the heartbeat-to-heartbeat blood perfusion pulses in the skin capillaries, defined as the ratio of the standard deviation among beat-to-beat pulses divided by the mean perfusion of those pulses, was determined for each subject. Average variability in foot skin was 21% in the diabetic population, versus 16% for normal subjects; and it was 18% in forearm skin. We conclude that absolute quantitative FM-PPG measurement of skin blood perfusion at the level of nutritive capillaries is feasible routinely under clinical conditions, allowing for quantitative measurement of skin tissue blood perfusion in absolute terms.
关键词： Indocyanine green dye,Type-2 diabetes,Fluorescence-mediated photoplethysmography,Foot skin blood perfusion,Absolute quantification
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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[Communications in Computer and Information Science] Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems Volume 968 (4th International Symposium SIRS 2018, Bangalore, India, September 19–22, 2018, Revised Selected Papers) || A Comprehensive Review on Automatic Diagnosis of Diabetic Maculopathy in Retinal Fundus Images
摘要： Diabetic Maculopathy (DM) is one of the major problems of diabetes mellitus and it is one of the key reasons for the vision problem. It arises due to the leakage of blood from injured retinal veins. The development of DM is moderate and soundless and it is found in 10% of the world diabetic population. If diabetic maculopathy is not noticed in the underlying stage the effect this on macula is irreversible and can prompt vision loss. Therefore, screening of diabetic eye helps in finding diabetic maculopathy at the beginning stage which prevents the vision loss. In this review paper, the anatomy of the human eye and a brief overview of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic maculopathy is presented. The literature review of various methods/techniques used for detection of DM in retinal fundus images and the performance metrics used to measure these methods are discussed in details. Issues involved in DM detection are also mentioned in this paper.
关键词： Blood vessels (BVs),Diabetic maculopathy (DM),Hard exudates (HEs),Retinopathy (DR),Optic disc (OD)
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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An infrared IgG immunoassay based on the use of a nanocomposite consisting of silica coated Fe3O4 superparticles
摘要： A reliable, rapid and ultrasensitive immunoassay is described for determination of immunoglobulin G (IgG). It is making use of biofunctional magnetite (Fe3O4) superparticles coated with SiO2 and serving as an infrared (IR) probe. The unique IR fingerprint signals originating from the transverse and longitudinal phonon modes, respectively, of the asymmetric stretching of the Si–O–Si bridges display a satisfactory resistance to optical interference from the environment. The adoption of Fe3O4 superparticles instead of Fe3O4 nanoparticles as the magnetic core warrants a controllable structure and a strong magnetic response. This facilitates the efficient purification of the probes and the alleviation of the interfacial resistance between the liquid-solid interfaces by using a magnet. The gold-coated substrate was used to immobilize goat-anti-human IgG. The analyte (human IgG) was incubated with the IR probes, and then captured by the substrate immobilized antibody with the assistance of an external magnetic field. The integral area of the IR absorption band between 1250 cm?1 – 900 cm?1 was chosen for quantitative assay. The limit of detection is 95 fM, which is two orders of magnitude better than that without the magnetic field. The assay time was shortened from 2 h to 1 min. High selectivity, specificity, and long-term stability of the immunoassay were achieved. The performance of the assay when analyzing blood samples confirmed the practicability of the method.
关键词： Molecular vibration,IR spectroscopy,Core-shell,Sandwich immunoassay,Self-assembly,Protein,Blood,Superparamagnetism,Magnetic beads
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52