by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel, Liang, Kexian, Shen, Duanwen, Tang, Rui, Xu, Baogang
— Background:
Almost 1.7 million new cancer cases are diagnosed in the US each year. Pancreatic cancer is particularly lethal, with an estimated 38,000 deaths in 2013 alone and a 5-year survival rate of 5%. Despite advances in noninvasive imaging modalities, the current gold standard consisting of …
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel, Biswas, Pratim, Raliya, Ramesh, Som, Avik
— Background: Physiological pH changes consistently affect millions of people worldwide. A slight variation in physiological pH exposes the body to various health risks, ranging from common heartburn to the formation of malignant tumors. Conventional methods for buffering pH are accomplished through a…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel, Berezin, Mikhail, Zhang, Zongren
— Background: Near Infrared (NIR) fluorescence can be highly useful in biological systems as it is highly sensitive and allows for detection and imaging of physiological and molecular processes in cells and living organisms. However, radiometric imaging is difficult in the NIR region of the light spec…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel, Akers, Walter, Bauer, Adam, Culver, Joseph, Liu, Yang
— Background: Current cancer management faces several challenges, including high occurrence of residual tumor after resection, adverse effects from sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, and use of bulky systems in surgical suites for image guidance.
Technology Description: To overcome these limitations, …
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel
— Background: Integrins are multi-subunit transmembrane proteins involved in a wide range of cellular processes including the induction of new blood vessel formation and tumor metastasis. The growth of new blood vessels, termed angiogenesis, is associated with an altered integrin expression profile wh…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Achilefu, Samuel, Berezin, Mikhail, Zhang, Zongren
— Background: Near Infrared (NIR) fluorescence can be highly useful in biological systems as it is highly sensitive and allows for detection and imaging of physiological and molecular processes in cells and living organisms. However, radiometric imaging is difficult in the NIR region of the light spec…