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Trends in Optical Biosensing and Bioimaging

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Biosensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 6036

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jeon Woong Kang

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Interests: biomedical spectroscopy; microscopy; endoscopy; optical diagnosis and therapeutics monitoring; molecular probe
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, fast-growing semiconductor and nanofabrication technologies combined with machine-learning algorithms have significantly advanced the field of optical sensing and imaging.

Bulky and expensive laser systems evolved into compact and inexpensive systems with less power consumption. Sophisticated but robust turn-key CW and pulsed-laser systems are the key components of portable clinical instruments and successful translation. Highly efficient electric detectors/cameras are widely used. Specifically, compact camera modules with decent performance are available at low cost due to the smartphone industry. Advanced nanotechnology brought new tools to the field. High-performance optical filters are used to exclude unwanted photons in many optical systems. Nanoparticles are designed for molecular imaging and nanostructures are used to target specific molecules. Optical fiber technology enabled measuring in vivo signals from tissue locations that are not easily accessible by traditional imaging systems. More recently, machine-learning algorithms were actively introduced to the optics field, allowing the extraction of maximum information from existing or new data. Furthermore, these algorithms help in developing low-cost devices as they ease hardware requirements.

This Special Issue is focused on the recent advances in optical biosensing and bioimaging as well as advanced algorithms. You are invited to submit your original articles or reviews.

Dr. Jeon Woong Kang
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biosensors is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • biomedical spectroscopy
  • microscopy
  • endoscopy
  • optical diagnosis and therapeutics monitoring
  • molecular probe
  • machine learning
  • artificial intelligence

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Optical Diffraction Tomography and Raman Confocal Microscopy for the Investigation of Vacuoles Associated with Cancer Senescent Engulfing Cells
by Silvia Ghislanzoni, Jeon Woong Kang, Arianna Bresci, Andrea Masella, Koseki J. Kobayashi-Kirschvink, Dario Polli, Italia Bongarzone and Peter T. C. So
Biosensors 2023, 13(11), 973; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13110973 - 07 Nov 2023
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Wild-type p53 cancer therapy-induced senescent cells frequently engulf and degrade neighboring ones inside a massive vacuole in their cytoplasm. After clearance of the internalized cell, the vacuole persists, seemingly empty, for several hours. Despite large vacuoles being associated with cell death, this process [...] Read more.
Wild-type p53 cancer therapy-induced senescent cells frequently engulf and degrade neighboring ones inside a massive vacuole in their cytoplasm. After clearance of the internalized cell, the vacuole persists, seemingly empty, for several hours. Despite large vacuoles being associated with cell death, this process is known to confer a survival advantage to cancer engulfing cells, leading to therapy resistance and tumor relapse. Previous attempts to resolve the vacuolar structure and visualize their content using dyes were unsatisfying for lack of known targets and ineffective dye penetration and/or retention. Here, we overcame this problem by applying optical diffraction tomography and Raman spectroscopy to MCF7 doxorubicin-induced engulfing cells. We demonstrated a real ability of cell tomography and Raman to phenotype complex microstructures, such as cell-in-cells and vacuoles, and detect chemical species in extremely low concentrations within live cells in a completely label-free fashion. We show that vacuoles had a density indistinguishable to the medium, but were not empty, instead contained diluted cell-derived macromolecules, and we could discern vacuoles from medium and cells using their Raman fingerprint. Our approach is useful for the noninvasive investigation of senescent engulfing (and other peculiar) cells in unperturbed conditions, crucial for a better understanding of complex biological processes. Full article
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Smartphone-Based Rigid Endoscopy Device with Hemodynamic Response Imaging and Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging
by Youngkyu Kim, Woo June Choi, Jeongmin Oh, Kwanhee Lee and Jun Ki Kim
Biosensors 2023, 13(8), 816; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13080816 - 14 Aug 2023
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Modern smartphones have been employed as key elements in point-of-care (POC) devices due to remarkable advances in their form factor, computing, and display performances. Recently, we reported a combination of the smartphone with a handheld endoscope using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI), suggesting [...] Read more.
Modern smartphones have been employed as key elements in point-of-care (POC) devices due to remarkable advances in their form factor, computing, and display performances. Recently, we reported a combination of the smartphone with a handheld endoscope using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI), suggesting potential for functional POC endoscopy. Here, we extended our work to develop a smartphone-combined multifunctional handheld endoscope using dual-wavelength LSCI. Dual-wavelength LSCI is used to monitor the changes in dynamic blood flow as well as changes in the concentration of oxygenated (HbO2), deoxygenated (Hbr), and total hemoglobin (HbT). The smartphone in the device performs fast acquisition and computation of the raw LSCI data to map the blood perfusion parameters. The flow imaging performance of the proposed device was tested with a tissue-like flow phantom, exhibiting a speckle flow index map representing the blood perfusion. Furthermore, the device was employed to assess the blood perfusion status from an exteriorized intestine model of rat in vivo during and after local ischemia, showing that blood flow and HbO2 gradually decreased in the ischemic region whereas hyperemia and excess increases in HbO2 were observed in the same region right after reperfusion. The results indicate that the combination of LSCI with smartphone endoscopy delivers a valuable platform for better understanding of the functional hemodynamic changes in the vasculatures of the internal organs, which may benefit POC testing for diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. Full article
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Spectral Multiplexing of Fluorescent Endoscopy for Simultaneous Imaging with Multiple Fluorophores and Multiple Fields of View
by Bjorn Paulson, Saeed Bohlooli Darian, Youngkyu Kim, Jeongmin Oh, Marjan Ghasemi, Kwanhee Lee and Jun Ki Kim
Biosensors 2023, 13(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13010033 - 27 Dec 2022
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Complex clinical procedures and small-animal research procedures can benefit from dual-site imaging provided by multiple endoscopic devices. Here, an endoscopic system is proposed which enables multiple fluorescence microendoscopes to be spectrally multiplexed on a single microscope base, enabling light sources and optical relays [...] Read more.
Complex clinical procedures and small-animal research procedures can benefit from dual-site imaging provided by multiple endoscopic devices. Here, an endoscopic system is proposed which enables multiple fluorescence microendoscopes to be spectrally multiplexed on a single microscope base, enabling light sources and optical relays to be shared between endoscopes. The presented system is characterized for resolution using USAF-1951 resolution test charts and for modulation transfer function using the slanted edge method. Imaging is demonstrated both directly and with microendoscopes attached. Imaging of phantoms was demonstrated by targeting USAF charts and fiber tissues dyed for FITC and Texas Red fluorescence. Afterwards, simultaneous liver and kidney imaging was demonstrated in mice expressing mitochondrial Dendra2 and injected with Texas Red-dextran. The results indicate that the system achieves high channel isolation and submicron and subcellular resolution, with resolution limited by the endoscopic probe and by physiological movement during endoscopic imaging. Multi-channel microendoscopy provides a potentially low-cost means of simultaneous multiple endoscopic imaging during biological experiments, resulting in reduced animal harm and potentially increasing insight into temporal connections between connected biological systems. Full article
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