Publications by authors named "Renee Chabrier"

Patent Blue V (PBV), a dye used clinically for sentinel lymph node detection, was mixed with human serum albumin (HSA). After binding to HSA, the fluorescence quantum yield increased from 5 × 10(-4) to 1.7 × 10(-2), which was enough to allow fluorescence detection and imaging of its distribution.

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We present a new method allowing the reconstruction of 3D time-domain diffuse optical tomography images, based on the time-dependent diffusion equation and an iterative algorithm (ART) using specific points on the temporal profiles. The first advantage of our method versus the full time-resolved scheme consists in considerably reducing the inverse problem resolution time. Secondly, in the presence of scattering heterogeneities, our method provides images of better quality comparatively to classical methods using full-time data or the first moments of the profiles.

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The estimation of one-to-one mappings is one of the most intensively studied topics in the research field of nonrigid registration. Although the computation of such mappings can be now accurately and efficiently performed, the solutions for using them in the context of binary image deformation is much less satisfactory. In particular, warping a binary image with such transformations may alter its discrete topological properties if common resampling strategies are considered.

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We present a new near infrared optical probe for the sentinel lymph node detection, based on the recording of scattered photons. A two wavelengths setup was developed to improve the detection threshold of an injected dye: the Patent Blue V dye. The method used consists in modulating each laser diode at a given frequency.

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Lots of works have been recently carried out in the field of non-rigid registration to ensure the estimation of one-to-one mappings. However, warping a binary image with such transformations may alter its discrete topological properties if common resampling strategies are considered. This paper proposes an original method for warping a binary image according to some continuous and bijective mapping, while preserving its discrete topological properties.

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Time-resolved diffuse optical methods have been applied to detect hemodynamic changes induced by cerebral activity. We describe a near infrared spectroscopic (NIRS) reconstruction free method which allows retrieving depth-related information on absorption variations. Variations in the absorption coefficient of tissues have been computed over the duration of the whole experiment, but also over each temporal step of the time-resolved optical signal, using the microscopic Beer-Lambert law.

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Simulations based on diffusion theory that use a finite-element method and rely on an magnetic resonance imaging head model suggest that time-resolved diffuse optical techniques could provide information about the depth at which variations in perfusion take place and improve the detection of cortical activation. Experimental investigations were performed with sequentially driven picosecond laser diodes and an eight-channel time-correlated single-photon-counting detection system. The experimental results obtained for activation in the motor cortex, and for the Valsalva maneuver, confirm our assumptions and are in good agreement with the simulated data.

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