About the Journal
Biomedical Optics Express will become OSA's principal outlet for serving the biomedical optics community with rapid, open-access, peer-reviewed papers related to optics, photonics and imaging in the life sciences. The journal scope encompasses theoretical modeling and simulations, technology development, and biomedical studies and clinical applications.
Editor-in-Chief: Joseph A. Izatt, Duke University
eISSN: 2156-7085
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication, Monthly issues
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Volumetric quantification of fibrous caps using intravascular optical coherence tomography
The rupture of thin-cap fibroatheroma accounts for most acute coronary events. Optical Coherence Tomography...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1413-1426 (2012)
Intraoperative handheld optical coherence tomography forward-viewing probe: physical performance and preliminary animal imaging
A prototype intraoperative hand-held optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging probe was developed to...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1404-1412 (2012)
Introduction: Feature Issue on Phantoms for the Performance Evaluation and Validation of Optical Medical Imaging Devices
The editors introduce the Biomedical Optics Express feature issue on “Phantoms for the Performance Evaluation...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1399-1403 (2012)
Review of tissue simulating phantoms with controllable optical, mechanical and structural properties for use in optical coherence tomography
We review the development of phantoms for optical coherence tomography (OCT) designed to replicate the...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1381-1398 (2012)
Diabetes imaging—quantitative assessment of islets of Langerhans distribution in murine pancreas using extended-focus optical coherence microscopy
Diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia that can result from the loss of pancreatic insulin secreting...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1365-1380 (2012)
Microfluidics based phantoms of superficial vascular network
Several new bio-photonic techniques aim to measure flow in the human vasculature non-destructively. Some of...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1350-1364 (2012)
Determination of the effect of source intensity profile on speckle contrast using coherent spatial frequency domain imaging
Laser Speckle Imaging (LSI) is fast, noninvasive technique to image particle dynamics in scattering media...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1340-1349 (2012)
Fabrication and characterization of a multilayered optical tissue model with embedded scattering microspheres in polymeric materials
We report on a novel fabrication approach to build multilayered optical tissue phantoms that serve as...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1326-1339 (2012)
Multimodal optical studies of single and clustered colloidal quantum dots for the long-term optical property evaluation of quantum dot-based molecular imaging phantoms
Understanding the optical properties of clustered quantum dots (QDs) is essential to the design of QD-based...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1312-1325 (2012)
Algorithm validation using multicolor phantoms
We present a framework for hyperspectral image (HSI) analysis validation, specifically abundance fraction...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1300-1311 (2012)
Designing microarray phantoms for hyperspectral imaging validation
The design and fabrication of custom-tailored microarrays for use as phantoms in the characterization of...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1291-1299 (2012)
Corneal biometry from volumetric SDOCT and comparison with existing clinical modalities
We present a comparison of corneal biometric values from dense volumetric spectral domain optical coherence...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1279-1290 (2012)
Micro-endoscope for in vivo widefield high spatial resolution fluorescent imaging
In this paper we report the design, testing and use of a scannerless probe specifically for minimally...
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.1274-1278 (2012)
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Vol. 3, Iss. 5 — May. 1, 2012 pp: 814–1140
Call for Papers
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Call for Papers
BIOMED 2012- Vadim Backman, Stanislav Emelianov, Christoph Hitzenberger, Brian Pogue, Peter So, and Valery Tuchin
- Accepting Submissions from 1 May to 15 June 2012
Interactive Science Publishing
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts that use the special features of Biomedical Optics Express that are particularly germane to the biomedical content, such as inclusion of external high-resolution image files, movies, and interactive science publishing (ISP).
OSA ISP is an image viewing application developed by OSA in cooperation with Kitware, Inc., and the National Library of Medicine. The software allows interactive viewing of a wide range of 2D and 3D image data formats including DICOM, TIFF, and JPEG images. Authors can use the tool to build custom views of image data that can be saved, integrated with peer-reviewed articles, and shared with readers through the OSA journals.
Questions about the OSA ISP software can be directed to ISPHelp@osa.org or (202) 416-1938.
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- May 15 2012 : Quantum Dots for Photonic Applications—combined special issue published by Optics Express and Optical Materials Express.
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