Biomedical subjects

X C Yuan

Publications and source records attributed to X C Yuan.

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PubMed2004

Optical vortex beam shaping by use of highly efficient irregular spiral phase plates for optical micromanipulation.

Optical dark traps such as Laguerre-Gaussian beams, modulated optical vortices, and high-order Bessel beams have been used in the micromanipulation of microparticles. Such optical traps are highly versatile, as they are able to trap both high- and low-index microparticles as well as to set them into rotation by use of the orbital angular momentum of light. Holography has been widely used to modulate the shape of an optical vortex for new optical traps. We show that, by designing the shape of a spiral phase plate and using electron-beam lithography for fabrication, one can modulate the amplitude and the phase of an optical vortex with respect to the specific shape of the spiral phase plate as required. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge this is the first report of transferring orbital angular momentum from a spiral phase plate to an absorptive microparticle in an experiment. Hence, with this technique, optical dark traps can easily be designed and fabricated.

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PubMed2003

Entangled double-helix phase.

We present a novel phase with an entangled double-helix structure. Beams with this phase have the same transverse patterns as those of interference between two doughnut beams. This proposed method allows a complete set of the superpositions of the doughnut modes or the orbital angular momentum states with different topological orders to be obtained. Furthermore, it introduces a simple continuous and controlled rotation of the transverse patterns by use of a spatial light modulator. It can be used to form a three-dimensional structure by three-dimensional trapping in an optical tweezers setup or to study the quantum characteristics of an optical vortex.

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PubMed2003

Dynamic optical manipulation with a higher-order fractional bessel beam generated from a spatial light modulator.

Higher-order Bessel beams have been demonstrated to have the ability to trap and rotate low- and high-index particles simultaneously [Phys. Rev. A 66, 063402 (2002)]. The rotation and trapping is caused by the presence of orbital angular momentum arising from its azimuthal phase variation (that changes at integer multiples of 2pi) and the concentric rings of the Bessel mode. We demonstrate for the first time to our knowledge a branch from the family of higher-order Bessel beams that has fractional azimuthal variation at its beam axis. This new family of laser beams has the ability to perform dynamic optical manipulation with dynamic control of a spatial light modulator. Furthermore, we take the opportunity to explore the propagation characteristics of higher-order Bessel beams for which the azimuthal phase changes at noninteger multiples of 2pi.

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PubMed2003

Volume growth initiated by point-to-point ultraviolet-laser direct writing in hybrid solgel glass for three-dimensional microfabrication.

Volume-growth solgel glass acting as self-developing material is used for three-dimensional (3D) fabrication of micro-optical elements. The solgel glass is exposed to a focused laser beam (lambda = 325 nm), and surface corrugation is created as a result of surface expansion in the exposed area. The profile depth is related to the laser beam intensity, which is controlled by an acousto-optic modulator, which makes it possible to fabricate 3D structures in the material. Preliminary results show that the controllable volume-growth effect will be of considerable use for production of 3D micro-optical elements with excellent surface smoothness in solgel materials.

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PubMed2003

Simple reflow technique for fabrication of a microlens array in solgel glass.

A simple reflow method for fabrication of refractive microlens arrays in inorganic-organic SiO2-ZrO2 solgel glass is presented. To our knowledge, this is the first report that presents a simple reflow technique for transforming a negatively induced hybrid solgel material into desirable spherical microlenses. It is shown that the microlenses have excellent smooth surfaces and uniform dimensions. The reflow technique is considerably cheaper than use of a high-energy beam-sensitive gray-scale mask and is suitable for mass production.

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PubMed2003

Optical doughnut for optical tweezers.

We describe novel optical doughnuts for optical tweezers. With new phase functions, the proposed doughnut beams have dark cores in specified shapes. The technique can offer a simple method for creating a variety of beam shapes to match the trapped objects. One can rotate the beams directly by revolving their phase structures about their axes on the initial plane. The technique for generating the traditional Laguerre-Gaussian beam can be used to create these novel beams.

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PubMed2002

Combined microscope for scanning X-ray transmission and surface topography.

A brief description is given of a scanning transmission X-ray microscope (STXM) for use with synchrotron radiation allowing simultaneous X-ray imaging and imaging of surface topography. Surface topography, appropriate to both conducting and non-conducting samples, is sensed by successive "specimen hopping" i.e. planting of the specimen at and withdrawal from a fixed sharp tip, or stylus, formed by the scanning tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM). First experiments are described with 3 keV photons with zone plate resolution of about 100 nm. Preliminary work is also mentioned to add a collimator to improve spatial resolution (in principle to < 20 nm for 300-500 eV photons), by installing a pierced AFM tip at the zone plate focus. The topographic measurement, currently with specimen thickness resolution of about 10 nm, but potential for approximately 1 nm, and feature-dependent in-specimen plane resolution of about 100 nm as limited by the stylus geometry, is an adjunct to the STXM results, to provide information helpful in the interpretation of the X-ray image. Examples are given for simple specimens of the gains in specimen understanding from simultaneous STXM and hopping contact topographic images. Typical applications areas are radiation damage, and dynamic processes like specimen corrosion.

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PubMed1991

Cisplatin as a radiosensitizer in clinical practice: a pilot study.

Fifty-four patients with inoperable cancers were treated with a combination of cisplatin and radiotherapy from May 1984 to February 1989. Cisplatin was administered at a dose of 40 mg/week, for a total dose of 160-320 mg, during radiation therapy. In 4 cases with brain metastases, the cisplatin dose was 40 mg/m2. Cisplatin concentration in blood was measured using the flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. Radiation therapy was delivered by a 6 MV X-ray or a cobalt-60 unit up to a total dose of 50-70 Gy. Among the 54 patients, 89% (48) responded to the treatment regimen; complete responses (CR) and partial responses (PR) were 56% and 33%, respectively. Six patients were stable in their disease. Among the 30 patients who had CR's, the 1-year survival rate was 88% (21/24). Two patients (7%) had local relapse. However, among PRs, the 1-year survival rate was 33% (4/12) and local failure (61%) (11/18). Objective tumor response was observed in 4 cases with brain metastasis, 2 of the 4 patients were alive for more than 6 months. Toxic effects were moderate and consisted of emesis and myelosuppression. Grade III bone marrow suppression amounted to 11%, and the interval of recovery was relatively long compared with that reported in the literature. Further prospective controlled studies are recommended.

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PubMed1989

Optimization of the absorbed power distribution for an annular phased array hyperthermia system.

One of the systems under investigation for producing hyperthermia noninvasively for treating deep-seated tumors is the annular phased array. This device consists of two rings of eight electromagnetic apertures that are placed concentrically about the long axis of the patient and radiate energy toward the center. Previous theoretical and clinical studies have concentrated primarily on systems where the amplitude and phase of the signal applied to each aperture were the same, and these studies have shown that the system is capable of depositing power deep within the patient. Nevertheless, in many situations the system was not capable of producing desirable temperature distributions in the tumor and normal tissue. In this paper we report on a 2-dimensional theoretical investigation where an optimization routine was used to select the amplitude and phases of each of eight apertures. The optimization procedure and resulting calculations were based on CT scans of patients with tumors. The electrical and thermal properties of the different organs and tissues were taken into account. The optimization routine tried to achieve uniform absorbed power in the tumor region with zero absorbed power outside. Using the optimized amplitudes and phases, the SAR (specific absorption rate, W/kg) was calculated for the array. The results show that in general the optimization procedure was successful in that the power deposited within the tumor volume was increased with less power deposited into normal tissue when compared to the equal amplitude and phase case. This SAR data was then used as the input to a program based on the bioheat transfer equation, which calculated the temperature distribution in the patient model for an assumed set of blood perfusion rates. Depending on the location, size of the tumor, and blood perfusion rates, the improvement in the percentage of the tumor brought to therapeutic temperature varied from 0% to as much as 80%.

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PubMed1987

[Isolation of a metastatic ascitic subpopulation from a human lung adenocarcinoma cell line in nude mice and studies on its biological properties].

An ascitic subpopulation (Anip) was isolated from human lung adenocarcinoma cell line AGZY-83-a through serial intraperitoneal passages in nude mice. Anip manifested a much higher metastatic potential than the parent line. Spontaneous lung metastases occurred in 95% of the mice xenografted intraperitoneally, and the diffuse pattern of the metastases in the lung was very impressive. Anip also differed more or less from the parent line in morphology, growth, rate, electrophoretic mobility, platelet aggregating activity and noticeably in the chromosome histogram. The present model may be used in the study of tumor invasion and metastasis, as large amounts of well dispersed metastatic human carcinoma cells could be reproduced by ascites and much information about the biology of invasion and metastasis of human tumor cells in nude mice could be obtained.

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