Journal of Biomedical Optics

Editor-in-Chief: Brian W. Pogue, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

The Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) is an open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed papers on the use of novel optical systems and techniques for improved health care and biomedical research.

On the cover: The figure is from the article "3D retinal imaging and measurement using light field technology" by Stefan Schramm et al., in JBO Volume 26 Issue 12.

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Perspective on the integration of optical sensing into orthopedic surgical devices

Carl Fisher, James Harty, Albert Yee, Celina L. Li, Katarzyna Komolibus, Konstantin Grygoryev, Huihui Lu, Ray Burke, Brian C. Wilson, and Stefan Andersson-Engels

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Review of consensus test methods in medical imaging and current practices in photoacoustic image quality assessment - click to read article

Suite of 3D test objects for performance assessment of hybrid photoacoustic-ultrasound breast imaging systems

Maura Dantuma, Saskia C. Kruitwagen, Marlies J. Weggemans, Tim J. P. M. Op’t Root, and Srirang Manohar

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JBO Associate Editor elected SPIE Fellow

Congratulations to Xueding Wang!

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Previously Published Special Sections

From the Journal of Biomedical Optics

Tissue Phantoms to Advance Biomedical Optical Systems (in progress)

Guest Editors: Dimitris Gorpas, T. Joshua Pfefer, and Heidrun Wabnitz

Wearable, Implantable, Mobile, and Remote Biomedical Optics & Photonics (August 2020 - June 2021)

Guest Editors: Jessica Ramella-Roman, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Stephen C. Kanick, Babak Shadgan, and Bruce J. Tromberg

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Biomedical Optics (September 2020 - May 2021)

Guest Editors: Behrouz Shabestri, Mark A. Anastasio, Baowei Fei, and Frédéric Leblond

Advances in Terahertz Biomedical Science and Applications (December 2020 - April 2021)

Guest Editors: Kirill I. Zaytsev, Vladimir N. Kurlov, Maksim Skorobogatiy, Igor V. Reshetov, and Valery V. Tuchin

Biomedical Imaging and Sensing III (December 2020 - March 2021)

Guest Editors: Toyohiko Yatagai, Osamu Matoba, Yoshihisa Aizu, Yasuhiro Awatsuji, and Yuan Luo

Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Optical Micromechanics (July 2020)

Guest Editors: Stefan Andersson-Engels and Peter E. Andersen

Photodynamic Therapy (June 2020)

Guest Editors: Kimberley S. Samkoe, Jonathan P. Celli, Timothy C. Zhu

Biomedical Imaging and Sensing II (March 2020)

Guest Editors: Toyohiko Yatagai, Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Osamu Matoba, Yuan Luo, and Yoshihisa Aizu

Celebrating Thirty Years of Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences (January 2020)

Guest Editors: Ammasi Periasamy, Karsten König, and Peter T.C. So

Celebrating the Exponential Growth of Biomedical Optoacoustic/Photoacoustic Imaging (December 2019)

Guest Editors: Mark Anastasio, Paul Beard, Alexander A. Oraevsky, and Lihong V. Wang

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Journal Metrics:

ISSN: 1560-2281
CiteScore 2019: 5.5
Google Scholar h5-index: 45
H-Index: 133 (the journal's number of articles h that have received at least h citations)
Impact Factor*: 3.17
Quartile 2 in JCR OPTICS and BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS categories*

*Source: Journal Impact Factor ^TM, from Clarivate, 2021

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