BACKGROUND Near infrared-guided indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence has vast potential for guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate any additional clinical benefit for SLNB when blue dye is used in combination with ICG. METHODS Between November of 2009 and September of 2013, 86 patients diagnosed with breast cancer we...

Photocatalytic semiconductors require maintaining stability and pursuing higher efficiencies. The studied systems were silicon nanowires (SiNWs), with cobalt oxide nanoparticles (SiNWs-CoONPs), copper (SiNWs-CuNPs). SiNWs synthesized by metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) from wafers keeping the remaining silver for all three sample types. about 23–30 µm in length. CoONPs CuNPs deposited on ...

PURPOSE Direct measurement of the transmission of light through the human lens is not possible in vivo unless invasive techniques are used. In the current study, a reliable in vivo estimate of the transmission of blue light through the lens was assessed by comparing an indirect and noninvasive method based on autofluorescence measurements with a direct method. METHODS Total transmission of bl...

The reaction of hydrogen peroxide and  pheny -9-acridinecarboxylate in the presence of rhodamin B as a fluorophore leads to the emission of either bright blue light  or bright red light, depending on the structure of fluorescer and reaction conditions. The light emitter responsible for the Chemi Luminescence (CL) reaction is acridone and that the blue light produced with out the fluorescers...

Sequences 5' of the human blue visual pigment gene have been assayed in transgenic mice for their ability to direct cell-type-specific expression of linked beta-galactosidase (lacZ) and placental alkaline phosphatase (P ALP1) reporters. Constructs containing either 5.4 kilobases (kb) or 0.47 kb of 5' flanking DNA direct expression exclusively to the retina. Within the retina, transgene expressi...

Hydrogen peroxide is an important mild oxidant which is widely used in various applications including remediation of waste waters and drinking water resources. The safe level of H2O2 residue has to be controlled through accurate and precise measurement methods. A facile spectrophotometric method for the determination of hydrogen peroxide is based on the reaction of iodine ...