Dr. Anna N. Yaroslavsky Profile

Dr. Anna N. Yaroslavsky

Associate Professor at Univ of Massachusetts Lowell

SPIE Involvement:

Senior status | Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (35)

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 14, 2018

Polarization enhanced reflectance imaging for pre-operative delineation of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) (Conference Presentation)

Proc. SPIE. 10467, Photonics in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery 2018

KEYWORDS: Optical imaging, Polarization, Visualization, Surgery, Imaging systems, Reflectivity, Collagen, Skin cancer, Biopsy, In vivo imaging

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 14, 2018

A Monte Carlo simulation of the dosimetry of extraorally delivered photobiomodulation therapy (Conference Presentation)

Proc. SPIE. 10477, Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation Therapy XIII

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Neck, Tissues, Magnetic resonance imaging, Image analysis, Transplantation, Laser induced plasma spectroscopy, Finite difference methods, Monte Carlo methods, Tissue optics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 17, 2017

Extraorally delivered photobiomodulation therapy for prevention of oropharyngeal mucositis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation

Proc. SPIE. 10048, Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation Therapy XII

KEYWORDS: Neck, Light emitting diodes, Oncology, Laser therapeutics, Cancer, Tissues, Magnetic resonance imaging, Transplantation, Natural surfaces, Clinical trials

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SPIE Journal Paper | September 19, 2014

Comparative evaluation of methylene blue and demeclocycline for enhancing optical contrast of gliomas in optical images

William Curry, Dennis Wirth, Matija Snuderl, Anna Yaroslavsky

JBO Vol. 19 Issue 09

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Reflectivity, Tissues, Tumors, Brain, Tissue optics, Cancer, Confocal microscopy, Solids, Blood vessels

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SPIE Journal Paper | June 7, 2012

Multimodal optical imaging for detecting breast cancer

Rakesh Patel, Ashraf Khan, Dennis Wirth, Michal Kamionek, Dina Kandil, Robert Quinlan, Anna Yaroslavsky

JBO Vol. 17 Issue 06

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Polarization, Reflectivity, Tumors, Confocal microscopy, Cancer, Tissues, Breast cancer, Tissue optics, Optical imaging

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 2, 2012

Continuous-wave terahertz reflection imaging of ex vivo nonmelanoma skin cancers

Proc. SPIE. 8261, Terahertz Technology and Applications V

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Millimeter wave imaging, Cancer, Tissues, Imaging systems, Skin, Reflectivity, Carbon dioxide lasers, Skin cancer, Terahertz radiation

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SPIE Journal Paper | February 24, 2012

Identifying brain neoplasms using dye-enhanced multimodal confocal imaging

Dennis Wirth, Anna Yaroslavsky, Matija Snuderl, Matthew Frosch, Sameer Sheth, Churl-Su Kwon, William Curry

JBO Vol. 17 Issue 02

KEYWORDS: Brain, Luminescence, Neuroimaging, Reflectivity, Confocal microscopy, Tumors, Tissues, Multimodal imaging, Cancer, Solids

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 5, 2010

Dual-frequency continuous-wave terahertz transmission imaging of nonmelanoma skin cancers

Proc. SPIE. 7601, Terahertz Technology and Applications III

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Millimeter wave imaging, Tissues, Skin, Carbon dioxide lasers, Skin cancer, Terahertz radiation, Spatial resolution, Signal detection, Liquids

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SPIE Journal Paper | March 1, 2010

Dye-enhanced multimodal confocal microscopy for noninvasive detection of skin cancers in mouse models

Jesung Park, Pawel Mroz, Michael Hamblin, Anna Yaroslavsky

JBO Vol. 15 Issue 02

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Reflectivity, Confocal microscopy, Melanoma, In vivo imaging, Skin cancer, Tumors, Cancer, Tissues, Confocal fluorescent microscopy

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 9, 2009

Terahertz spectroscopy of intrinsic biomarkers for non-melanoma skin cancer

Proc. SPIE. 7215, Terahertz Technology and Applications II

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Millimeter wave imaging, Imaging systems, Skin, Skin cancer, Terahertz radiation, Transmittance, Terahertz spectroscopy, Liquids, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 21, 2007

Low-level light therapy for Zymosan induced arthritis in rats

Proc. SPIE. 6428, Mechanisms for Low-Light Therapy II

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Medicine, Phototherapy, Wound healing, Laser therapeutics, Chromophores, Inflammation, Acquisition tracking and pointing, Low level phototherapy, Animal model studies

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SPIE Journal Paper | January 1, 2007

Fluorescence polarization of tetracycline derivatives as a technique for mapping nonmelanoma skin cancers

Anna Yaroslavsky, Elena Salomatina, Victor Neel, Richard Anderson, Thomas Flotte

JBO Vol. 12 Issue 01

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Polarization, Tumors, Tissues, Skin, Cancer, Skin cancer, Surgery, Mohs surgery, Tissue optics

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SPIE Journal Paper | November 1, 2006

Optical properties of normal and cancerous human skin in the visible and near-infrared spectral range

Elena Salomatina, Brian Jiang, John Novak, Anna Yaroslavsky

JBO Vol. 11 Issue 06

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Scattering, Skin, Optical properties, Tissues, Skin cancer, Confocal microscopy, Cancer, Tumors, Integrating spheres

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 28, 2006

Wound healing stimulation in mice by low-level light

Proc. SPIE. 6140, Mechanisms for Low-Light Therapy

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Light sources, Wound healing, Lamps, Scanning electron microscopy, Helium neon lasers, Non laser light sources, Light, Absorption, Animal model studies

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 22, 2006

Dye-Enhanced Reflectance and Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy as an Optical Pathology Tool

Proc. SPIE. 6091, Optical Biopsy VI

KEYWORDS: Confocal microscopy, Cancer, Tumors, Tissues, Skin, Luminescence, Reflectivity, Skin cancer, In vivo imaging, Tissue optics

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SPIE Journal Paper | January 1, 2005

Combining multispectral polarized light imaging and confocal microscopy for localization of nonmelanoma skin cancer

Anna Yaroslavsky, Jose Barbosa, Victor Neel, Charles DiMarzio, Richard Anderson

JBO Vol. 10 Issue 01

KEYWORDS: Confocal microscopy, Tumors, Curium, Multispectral imaging, Skin cancer, Tissues, Tissue optics, Cancer, Natural surfaces, Skin

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 13, 2004

Optical mapping of nonmelanoma skin cancer

Proc. SPIE. 5326, Optical Biopsy V

KEYWORDS: Cancer, Tumors, Polarization, Tissues, Surgery, Skin, Luminescence, Reflectivity, Skin cancer, Tissue optics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 4, 2001

Feasibility of using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for the quantification of brain edema

Proc. SPIE. 4241, Saratov Fall Meeting 2000: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine II

KEYWORDS: Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Tumors, Tissues, Sensors, Signal attenuation, Blood vessels, Head, Skull, Absorption, Brain

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 19, 2000

Distributed-source approach to image reconstruction in diffuse optical tomography

Proc. SPIE. 3917, Optical Biopsy III

KEYWORDS: Optical properties, Scattering, Sensors, Image processing, Diffusion, Image restoration, Reconstruction algorithms, Signal detection, Absorption, Diffuse optical tomography

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 15, 1999

Small-volume tissue spectroscopy using photon-density waves: apparatus and technique

Proc. SPIE. 3597, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue III

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Modulation, Optical properties, Scattering, Sensors, Diffusion, Phase shift keying, Monte Carlo methods, Tissue optics, Signal detection

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 4, 1999

Can tumor cell suspension serve as an optical model of tumor tissue in situ?

Proc. SPIE. 3565, Thermal Therapy, Laser Welding, and Tissue Interaction

KEYWORDS: Tumor growth modeling, Tumors, Optical properties, Scattering, Lung, Monte Carlo methods, Integrating spheres, Tissue optics, Content addressable memory, Absorption

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SPIE Journal Paper | January 1, 1999

Influence of the scattering phase function approximation on the optical properties of blood determined from the integrating sphere measurements

Anna Yaroslavsky, Ilya Yaroslavsky, Thomas Goldbach, Hans-Joachim Schwarzmaier

JBO Vol. 4 Issue 01

KEYWORDS: Scattering, Blood, Monte Carlo methods, Light scattering, Optical properties, Mie scattering, Integrating spheres, Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Transmittance, Anisotropy

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 13, 1998

Changes in the optical properties of laser-coagulated and thermally coagulated bovine myocardium

Proc. SPIE. 3254, Laser-Tissue Interaction IX

KEYWORDS: Laser coagulation, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Laser scattering, Monte Carlo methods, Integrating spheres, Laser tissue interaction, Absorption, Anisotropy

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 14, 1998

Small-angle approximation to determine radiance distribution of a finite beam propagating through a turbid medium

Proc. SPIE. 3195, Laser-Tissue Interaction, Tissue Optics, and Laser Welding III

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Sensors, Laser scattering, Monte Carlo methods, Beam propagation method, Radiative transfer, Anisotropy

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 1, 1998

Approximate time-dependent equation of radiative transfer for strongly forward-scattering media

Proc. SPIE. 3194, Photon Propagation in Tissues III

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Biomedical optics, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Diffusion, Light scattering, Optical diagnostics, Partial differential equations, Radiative transfer

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 22, 1997

Optical properties of native and coagulated human brain structures

Proc. SPIE. 2970, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems VII

KEYWORDS: Laser therapeutics, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Monte Carlo methods, Integrating spheres, Tissue optics, Absorption, Anisotropy, Brain

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 2, 1997

Different phase-function approximations to determine optical properties of blood: a comparison

Proc. SPIE. 2982, Optical Diagnostics of Biological Fluids and Advanced Techniques in Analytical Cytology

KEYWORDS: Optical properties, Scattering, Blood, Light scattering, Monte Carlo methods, Transmittance, Mie scattering, Integrating spheres, Absorption, Anisotropy

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 10, 1996

Optical properties of blood in the near-infrared spectral range

Proc. SPIE. 2678, Optical Diagnostics of Living Cells and Biofluids

KEYWORDS: Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Optical properties, Scattering, Blood, Light scattering, Monte Carlo methods, Transmittance, Mie scattering, Integrating spheres, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 7, 1996

Modeling of MR-guided laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy

Proc. SPIE. 2681, Laser-Tissue Interaction VII

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Tumors, Optical properties, Tissues, Blood, Magnetic resonance imaging, Monte Carlo methods, Tissue optics, Heat therapy, Brain

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 18, 1995

New approach to Monte Carlo simulation of photon transport in the frequency domain

Proc. SPIE. 2626, Photon Propagation in Tissues

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Sensors, Diffusion, Light scattering, Phase shift keying, Monte Carlo methods, Photon transport

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 31, 1995

Radiative transfer equation and its diffusion approximation in the frequency domain technique: a comparison

Proc. SPIE. 2326, Photon Transport in Highly Scattering Tissue

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Optical properties, Tissues, Scattering, Diffusion, Light scattering, Optical tomography, Tissue optics, Radiative transfer, Phase shifts

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 28, 1994

Angular scattering properties of human epidermal layers

Proc. SPIE. 2100, Cell and Biotissue Optics: Applications in Laser Diagnostics and Therapy

KEYWORDS: Laser therapeutics, Tissues, Scattering, Skin, Light scattering, Laser scattering, Phase measurement, Geometrical optics, Tissue optics, Scatter measurement

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 23, 1994

Human eye lens spectroscopy and modeling of its transmittance

Proc. SPIE. 2126, Ophthalmic Technologies IV

KEYWORDS: Eye, Scattering, Spectroscopy, Particles, Crystals, Light scattering, Chromophores, Tissue optics, Eye models, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 15, 1994

Raman and elastic light scattering of fresh human eye-lenses

Proc. SPIE. 2079, Laser Applications in Ophthalmology

KEYWORDS: Eye, Proteins, Scattering, Lenses, Water, Particles, Diffusion, Light scattering, Raman spectroscopy, Raman scattering

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 21, 1993

Spectral characteristics of epidermis in UV and visible ranges

Proc. SPIE. 1884, Static and Dynamic Light Scattering in Medicine and Biology

KEYWORDS: Laser therapeutics, Reflection, Scattering, Blood, Skin, Ultraviolet radiation, Light scattering, Tissue optics, Laser tissue interaction, Absorption

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