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5-Aminolevulinic acid induced endogenous porphyrin fluorescence in 9L and C6 brain tumours and in the normal rat brain.

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A rapid and label-free SERS detection method for biomarkers in clinical biofluids

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

A transition metal carbonyl probe for use in a highly specific and sensitive SERS-based assay for glucose.

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

A two axes scanning SOI MEMS micromirror for endoscopic bioimaging

Actively targeted in vivo multiplex detection of intrinsic cancer biomarkers using biocompatible SERS nanotags

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Advances in Optoacoustic Imaging: From Benchside to Clinic

Advances in bio-optical imaging for the diagnosis of early oral cancer

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Advances in fluorescence diagnosis to track footprints of cancer progression in vivo

article published in 2013

Altered expression of cell adhesion molecules leads to differential uptake of hypericin in urothelial cancer

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Amplified spontaneous emission from single CdS nanoribbon with low symmetric cross sections

scientific article published on 07 August 2012

An Evaluation of Exogenous Application of Protoporphyrin IX and its Dimethyl Ester as a Photodynamic Diagnostic Agent in Poorly Differentiated Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ¶

An evaluation of exogenous application of protoporphyrin IX and its dimethyl ester as a photodynamic diagnostic agent in poorly differentiated human nasopharyngeal carcinoma

scientific article published on November 2004

Antiangiogenesis agents avastin and erbitux enhance the efficacy of photodynamic therapy in a murine bladder tumor model

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Art and science of photodynamic therapy

scientific article published in May 2006

At the frontiers of surgery: review

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Author’s reply to comment on “The effect of photodynamic therapy on tumor angiogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 66, 2275–2283”

scholarly article by Ramaswamy Bhuvaneswari et al published 10 March 2010 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Biomedicine with surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Biophotonic Technologies for Assessment of Breast Tumor Surgical Margins - A Review

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

Butyrophilin 3A1 binds phosphorylated antigens and stimulates human γδ T cells

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Chlorin e6 - polyvinylpyrrolidone mediated photosensitization is effective against human non-small cell lung carcinoma compared to small cell lung carcinoma xenografts.

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Chlorin e6-polyvinylpyrrolidone as a fluorescent marker for fluorescence diagnosis of human bladder cancer implanted on the chick chorioallantoic membrane model

scientific article published on 3 March 2006

Chlorin e6-polyvinylpyrrolidone mediated photodynamic therapy--A potential bladder sparing option for high risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

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Clinical SERS: are we there yet?

scientific article published on 15 September 2011

Clinical application of fluorescence endoscopic imaging using hypericin for the diagnosis of human oral cavity lesions

scientific article published on 06 October 2009

Colorimetric surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) biosensor array based on polarization orientation

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

Combination of angiogenesis inhibitors increases the anti-tumor efficacy of photodynamic therapy in a human bladder tumor xenograft model

Combinatorial synthesis of a triphenylmethine library and their application in the development of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probes

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Combinatorial treatment of photothermal therapy using gold nanoshells with conventional photodynamic therapy to improve treatment efficacy: an in vitro study.

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Concentration dependence of gold nanoshells on the enhancement of optical coherence tomography images: a quantitative study.

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Confocal fluorescence endomicroscopic imaging of the tongue

Control of optical contrast using gold nanoshells for optical coherence tomography imaging of mouse xenograft tumor model in vivo

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Controllable synthesis of tetrapod gold nanocrystals with precisely tunable near-infrared plasmon resonance towards highly efficient surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy bioimaging

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Critical parameters in the pegylation of gold nanoshells for biomedical applications: an in vitro macrophage study

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Delivery of hypericin for photodynamic applications

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Deposition Method for Preparing SERS-Active Gold Nanoparticle Substrates

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Design and Fabrication of Side-channel Photonic Crystal Fiber for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications

Design and development of a 3D scanning MEMS OCT probe using a novel SiOB package assembly

Design and fabrication of random silver films as substrate for SERS based nano-stress sensing of proteins

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 4 no. 25, 2014

Design, Fabrication and Assembly of an Optical Biosensor Probe Package for OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) Application

Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of an Optical Biosensor Probe Package for OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) Application

Detection and diagnosis of human oral cancer using hypericin fluorescence endoscopic imaging interfaced with embedded computing

Detection of squamous cell carcinomas and pre-cancerous lesions in the oral cavity by quantification of 5-aminolevulinic acid induced fluorescence endoscopic images

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Development and clinical applications of digitized fluorescence endoscopic imaging system for the detection of early neoplasms in the oral cavity and uterine-cervix

Development of Au/Ag substrate with alternating nanosphere array for SERS-based biosensing

Development of biocompatible SERS nanotag with increased stability by chemisorption of reporter molecule for in vivo cancer detection

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Diagnosis of oral tumors using light-induced autofluorescence spectra at multiple excitation wavelengths

Dual plasmonic gold nanoparticles for multispectral photoacoustic imaging application

Dynamic quantitative photothermal monitoring of cell death of individual human red blood cells upon glucose depletion

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Effect of input states of polarization on the measurement error of Mueller matrix in a system having small polarization-dependent loss or gain

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone on the interaction of chlorin e6 with plasma proteins and its subcellular localization

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Effective 90° interconnections using laser solder jetting technologies for optical coherence tomography applications

article published in 2012

Embedded Computing for Fluorescence Confocal Endomicroscopy Imaging

scholarly article by Lee Sing Cheong et al published 20 May 2008 in Journal of Signal Processing Systems

Endoscopic image analysis of photosensitizer fluorescence as a promising noninvasive approach for pathological grading of bladder cancer in situ.

scientific article published in September 2008

Endoscopy imaging of 5-ALA-induced PPIX fluorescence for detecting early neoplasms in the oral cavity

Engineering bioconjugated gold nanospheres and gold nanorods as label-free plasmon scattering probes for ultrasensitive multiplex dark-field imaging of cancer cells.

scientific article published on June 2013

Enhanced photodynamic activity of hypericin by penetration enhancer N-methyl pyrrolidone formulations in the chick chorioallantoic membrane model.

scientific article published on 28 July 2005

Enhancing the therapeutic responsiveness of photodynamic therapy with the antiangiogenic agents SU5416 and SU6668 in murine nasopharyngeal carcinoma models

scientific article published on 7 July 2005

Errata: Evaluation of hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy in combination with angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab using in vivo fluorescence confocal endomicroscopy

Evaluation of hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy in combination with angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab using in vivo fluorescence confocal endomicroscopy

scientific article published in January 2010

Fabrication and characterization of mono-layered polystyrene beads using nanosphere lithography (NSL) for metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF)

Fluctuation in surface enhanced Raman scattering intensity due to plasmon related heating effect

Fluorescence imaging and phototoxicity effects of new formulation of chlorin e6–polyvinylpyrrolidone

scientific article published on 20 March 2006

Frequency Shifts in SERS for Biosensing

scientific article published on 06 June 2012

Frequency-dependent response of two-contact photoconductive antenna

Front Cover: Multispectral optoacoustic and MRI coregistration for molecular imaging of orthotopic model of human glioblastoma (J. Biophotonics 7/2016)

Glucose sensing using 3D array of reproducible surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates

Guest Editors’ Comments

scholarly article by Feng Lin & Malini Olivo published 26 August 2008 in Journal of Signal Processing Systems

Highly sensitive SERS detection and quantification of sialic acid on single cell using photonic-crystal fiber with gold nanoparticles

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Highly sensitive SERS detection of cancer proteins in low sample volume using hollow core photonic crystal fiber

scientific article published on 04 January 2012

Hypericin and hypocrellin induced apoptosis in human mucosal carcinoma cells

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Hypericin lights up the way for the potential treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer by photodynamic therapy

scientific article published on September 2006

Hypericin photoactivation triggers down-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in well-differentiated human nasopharyngeal cancer cells.

scientific article published on April 2007

Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy elicits differential interleukin-6 response in nasopharyngeal cancer

scientific article published on 2 June 2005

Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy in combination with Avastin (bevacizumab) improves tumor response by downregulating angiogenic proteins

scientific article published on 5 November 2007

Hypericin-photodynamic therapy (PDT) using an alternative treatment regime suitable for multi-fraction PDT.

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Imaging metabolic syndrome

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Improved formulation of photosensitizer chlorin e6 polyvinylpyrrolidone for fluorescence diagnostic imaging and photodynamic therapy of human cancer

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In vitro toxicity and bioimaging studies of gold nanorods formulations coated with biofunctional thiol-PEG molecules and Pluronic block copolymers

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In vivo covalent cross-linking of photon-converted rare-earth nanostructures for tumour localization and theranostics

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

In-vivo optical detection of cancer using chlorin e6--polyvinylpyrrolidone induced fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy.

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Influence of optical probe packaging on a 3D MEMS scanning micro-mirror for optical coherence tomography (OCT) applications

Investigating the role of calcium and biological trace elements in hypericin photodynamic therapy induced tumor cell death using nuclear microscopy

Investigation into a surface plasmon related heating effect in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Investigations on polarimetric terahertz frequency domain spectroscopy

article published in 2013

Is photodynamic diagnosis using hypericin better than white-light cystoscopy for detecting superficial bladder carcinoma?

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Laser confocal endomicroscopy as a novel technique for fluorescence diagnostic imaging of the oral cavity

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MEMS micromirror integrated endoscopic probe for optical coherence tomography bioimaging

Measurement of Stokes parameters of terahertz radiation in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Measurement of polarization dependent loss in terahertz time domain spectroscopy

Membrane transport enhancement of chlorin e6-polyvinylpyrrolidone and its photodynamic efficacy on the chick chorioallantoic model

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Metal carbonyl-gold nanoparticle conjugates for live-cell SERS imaging.

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Metal enhanced fluorescence on silver nano-triangles

Molecular contrast of EGFR expression using gold nanoparticles as a reflectance-based imaging probe.

scientific article published on 6 July 2007

Molecular photoacoustic imaging of breast cancer using an actively targeted conjugated polymer

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Molecular profiling of angiogenesis in hypericin mediated photodynamic therapy

scientific article published on 13 June 2008

Multifunctional photosensitizer-based contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging

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Multiplex cancer cell detection by SERS nanotags with cyanine and triphenylmethine Raman reporters

scientific article published on 9 February 2011

Multiplex targeted in vivo cancer detection using sensitive near-infrared SERS nanotags

Multispectral optoacoustic and MRI coregistration for molecular imaging of orthotopic model of human glioblastoma

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

Nano-sensitizers for multi-modality optical diagnostic imaging and therapy of cancer

Nanosphere Templated Metallic Grating Assisted Enhanced Fluorescence

scientific article published on 13 November 2011

Nanosphere templated optical fiber for In-Vivo SERS sensing applications

New frontier in hypericin-mediated diagnosis of cancer with current optical technologies

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Non-invasive and label-free detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma using saliva surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and multivariate analysis

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Non-labeling multiplex surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Optical coherent tomography (OCT) bio-imaging using 3D scanning micromirror

Optimal excitation-emission wavelengths for autofluorescence diagnosis of bladder tumors

scientific article published in April 2003

Optimized Synthesis of PEG-Encapsulated Gold Nanorods for Improved Stability and Its Application in OCT Imaging with Enhanced Contrast

Optimized bi-metallic film over nanosphere SERS substrate for sensitive detection of folic acid

Optimized sandwiched surface plasmon resonance enhanced biosensor for multiplex biomarker detection

Optimum input states of polarization for Mueller matrix measurement in a system having finite polarization-dependent loss or gain

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Organometallic carbonyl clusters: a new class of contrast agents for photoacoustic cerebral vascular imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Photoactivation of hypericin down-regulates glutathione S-transferase activity in nasopharyngeal cancer cells

scientific article published in April 2004

Photodetection in the non-fluorescent regime with gold nanostructures

Photodynamic-therapy-activated immune response against distant untreated tumours in recurrent angiosarcoma

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Photolon™ --photosensitization induces apoptosis via ROS-mediated cross-talk between mitochondria and lysosomes

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Phthalocyanine photosensitizers as contrast agents for in vivo photoacoustic tumor imaging

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Plasmon-induced heating effect in surface enhanced Raman scattering

Platinum microheater integrated silicon optical bench assembly for endoscopic optical coherence tomography

Pluronic Triblock Copolymer Encapsulated Gold Nanorods as Biocompatible Localized Plasmon Resonance-Enhanced Scattering Probes for Dark-Field Imaging of Cancer Cells

Point of care optical diagnostic technologies for the detection of oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Polymer-based microfluidics with surface-enhanced Raman-spectroscopy-active periodic metal nanostructures for biofluid analysis.

scientific article published in September 2008

Quantum dot capped magnetite nanorings as high performance nanoprobe for multiphoton fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on October 2010

Rapid SERS monitoring of lipid-peroxidation-derived protein modifications in cells using photonic crystal fiber sensor.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Recent advances in SPR and SERS for sensitive translational medical diagnostics

Recent progress in voltage-sensitive dye imaging for neuroscience.

scientific article published on July 2014

Reduced Graphene Oxide Conjugated Cu2O Nanowire Mesocrystals for High-Performance NO2 Gas Sensor

scientific article published on 27 February 2012

Retinoic Acid Mediates Visceral-Specific Adipogenic Defects of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

scientific article published on 02 March 2016

Review of Confocal Fluorescence Endomicroscopy for Cancer Detection

SERS-based quantitative detection of ovarian cancer prognostic factor haptoglobin

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Sensing of p53 and EGFR Biomarkers Using High Efficiency SERS Substrates

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Sensitive SERS glucose sensing in biological media using alkyne functionalized boronic acid on planar substrates

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Sensitive SERS-pH sensing in biological media using metal carbonyl functionalized planar substrates.

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Sensitive multiplex detection of serological liver cancer biomarkers using SERS-active photonic crystal fiber probe.

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Sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering multiplexed detection of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 7 cancer markers

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Side-channel photonic crystal fiber for surface enhanced Raman scattering sensing

Simplified monolithic process for fabricating low-cost, high-frequency, high-flatness scanning micromirrors

Single Molecule with Dual Function on Nanogold: Biofunctionalized Construct for In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging and SERS Biosensing

Single-crystalline MFe(2)O(4) nanotubes/nanorings synthesized by thermal transformation process for biological applications

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Spectroscopic characterization and photobleaching kinetics of hypericin-N-methyl pyrrolidone formulations

scientific article published on 14 August 2006

Sputtering-growth of seeded Au nanoparticles for nanogap-assisted surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensing

St John's Wort: A Precious Gift from the Saints?

article published in 2007

Study of interaction of hypericin and its pharmaceutical preparation by fluorescence techniques.

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Sub-micron free-standing metal slabs with dielectric nano-voids of arbitrary shapes embedded beneath atomically-flat surface

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Superiority of N-methyl pyrrolidone over albumin with hypericin for fluorescence diagnosis of human bladder cancer cells implanted in the chick chorioallantoic membrane model.

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Sensors: A Review

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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection using plasmonic bimetallic nanogap substrate

Synthesis of contiguous silica-gold core-shell structures: critical parameters and processes

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Targeted Therapy of Cancer Using Photodynamic Therapy in Combination with Multi-faceted Anti-Tumor Modalities

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Targeting EGFR with photodynamic therapy in combination with Erbitux enhances in vivo bladder tumor response

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The effect of design parameters of metallic substrate on the reproducibility of SERS measurement for biosensing

The effect of photodynamic therapy on tumor angiogenesis

scientific article published on 31 March 2009

The future of medical diagnostics: review paper

scientific article published on 23 August 2011

The potential application of chlorin e6–polyvinylpyrrolidone formulation in photodynamic therapy

scientific article published on 21 September 2006

The use of digitized endoscopic imaging of 5-ALA-induced PPIX fluorescence to detect and diagnose oral premalignant and malignant lesions in vivo

scientific article published in June 2004

Toward real-time virtual biopsy of oral lesions using confocal laser endomicroscopy interfaced with embedded computing

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Toward three-dimensional virtual biopsy of oral lesions through the development of a confocal endomicroscope interfaced with embedded computing

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Transport of hypericin across chick chorioallantoic membrane and photodynamic therapy vasculature assessment

scientific article published in June 2005

Ultrasensitive near-infrared Raman reporters for SERS-based in vivo cancer detection

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Vibrational spectroscopy of metal carbonyls for bio-imaging and -sensing

scientific article published on 5 February 2016