Peer Reviewed Publications
* Corresponding author(s); † Equal contributions
2020
– A. Ojaghi, , , , ,W., F.E. Robles*, “Label-free Hematology Analysis Using Deep-Ultraviolet Microscopy,” PNAS 117 (26), 2020. Front cover article
– N. Kaza, A. Ojaghi, F.E. Robles*, “Ultraviolet hyperspectral microscopy using chromatic aberration based iterative phase-recovery,” Optics Letters 45 (10), 2020. DOI: 10.1364/OL.392634
-P. Casteleiro Costa, P. Ledwig, A. Bergquist, J. Kurtzberg, F.E. Robles*, “NonInvasive White Blood Cell Quantification in Umbilical Cord Blood Collection bags using Quantitative Oblique Back-Illumination Microscopy,” Transfusion 60, 588-597, 2020
2019
-F.E. Robles*, “Quantitative Phase Imaging Aims at Penetrating Thick Tissues,” BioPhotonics, Nov/Dec 2019
-P. Ledwig, F.E. Robles*, “Epi-mode tomographic quantitative phase imaging in thick scattering samples,” Biomedical Optics Express 10 (7), 3605-3621, 2019. In top 10 downloads of BOE for July 2019
-F.E. Robles, S. Deb, L. Vajzovic, G.K. Vora, P. Mruthyunjaya, W.S. Warren*, “Analysis of melanin structure and biochemical composition in conjunctival melanocytic lesions using pump-probe microscopy,” Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8 (3):33, 2019
-S. Soltani, A. Ojaghi, F.E. Robles*, “Deep UV dispersion and absorption spectroscopy of biomolecules“, Biomedical Optics Express 10 (2) , 487-499, 2019
-F.E. Robles*, H. Linnenbank, F. Mörz, P. Ledwig, T.Steinle, H. Giessen, “Coherently broadened, high repetition rate laser for stimulated Raman scattering-spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SRS-SOCT)“, Optics Letters 44 (2), 291-294, 2019
2018
-A. Ojaghi, M.E. Fay, W.A. Lam, F.E. Robles*, “Ultraviolet Hyperspectral Interferometric Microscopy“, Scientific Reports, 8, 1–6, 2018
-P. Ledwig, M. Sghayyer, J. Kurtzberg, F.E. Robles*, “Dual-wavelength oblique back-illumination microscopy for the non-invasive imaging and quantification of blood in collection and storage bags,” Biomedical Optics Express 9 (6), 2743-2754, 2018. Editor’s Pick
2017
-J.W. Wilson, F.E. Robles, S. Deb, W.S. Warren, M.C. Fischer*, “Comparison of pump-probe and hyperspectral imaging in unstained histology sections of pigmented lesions,” Biomedical Optics Express 8 (8), 2017
-F.E. Robles*, K.C. Zhou, M.C. Fischer, W.S. Warren, “Stimulated Raman Scattering spectroscopic optical coherence tomography,” Optica, 4 (3), 2017
-F.E. Robles, S. Deb, M.C. Fischer, W.S. Warren*, M.A. Selim, “Label-free imaging of female genital tract melanocytic lesions with pump-probe microscopy: A promising diagnostic tool,” J. Lower Genital Tract Disease, 31 (2), 2017. Front cover article
2016
-A. Thompson, F.E. Robles, J.W. Wilson, S. Deb, R. Calderbank, W.S. Warren*, “Dual-wavelength pump-probe microscopy analysis of melanin composition,” Scientific Reports 6, 2016
-F.E. Robles*, M.C. Fischer, W.S. Warren, ”Dispersion-based stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy, holography, and optical coherence tomography,” Optics Express 24 (1), 2016
-M.C. Fischer, J.W. Wilson, F.E. Robles, W.S. Warren*, “Pump probe microscopy,” Rev. Sci. Instruments 87, 031101, 2016. Invited review article
2015
-F.E. Robles, S. Deb, W.J. Wilson, C.S. Gainey, M.A. Selim, P.J. Mosca, D.S. Tyler, M.C. Fischer, W.S. Warren*, ”Pump-probe imaging of pigmented cutaneous melanoma primary lesions gives insight into metastatic potential,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 6(9), 363115, 2015
2014
-F.E. Robles*, M.C. Fischer, W.S. Warren, “Femtosecond pulse shaping enables detection of optical Kerr-effect (OKE) dynamics for molecular imaging, ” Opt. Lett., 39 (16), 4788-4791, 2014. Featured cover article
-M.J. Simpson, J.W. Wilson, F.E. Robles, C.P. Dall, K. Glass, J.D. Simon, W.S. Warren*, “Near-Infrared Excited State Dynamics of Melanins: the Effects of Iron Content, Photo-Damage, Chemical Oxidation, and Aggregate Size,” J. Phys. Chem. A, doi: 10.1021/jp4107475, 2014
2013
-F.E. Robles*, J.W. Wilson, W.S. Warren, “Quantifying melanin spatial distribution using pump-probe microscopy and a two-dimensional morphological autocorrelation transformation for melanoma diagnosis,” J. Biomed. Opt., 18 (12), 2013
-V. Jaedicke, S.A. Agcaer, F.E. Robles, M. Steinert, D. Jones, S. Goebel, N.C. Gerhardt, H. Welp, M.R. Hofmann*, “Comparison of different metrics for analysis and visualization in Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 4 (12), 2013
-F.E. Robles*, P. Samineni, J.W. Wilson, W.S. Warren, “Pump-probe nonlinear phase dispersion spectroscopy,” Opt. Express, 21 (8), 2013
-J.W. Wilson, L Vajzovic, F.E. Robles, T.J. Cummings, P. Mruthyunjaya, and W.S. Warren*, “Imaging microscopic pigment chemistry in conjunctival melanocytic lesions using pump-probe laser microscopy,” Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 13-12432v1. doi: 10.1167, 2013
-M.J. Simpson, J.W. Wilson, M.T. Phipps, F.E. Robles, M.A. Selim, and W.S. Warren*, “Nonlinear microscopy of eumelanin and pheomelanin with sub-cellular resolution,” Journal of Investigative Dermatology, doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.37, 2013
2012
-F.E. Robles*, J.W. Wilson, M.C. Fischer, and W.S. Warren, “Phasor analysis for nonlinear pump probe microscopy,” Opt. Express, 20 (15), 2012
-A. Wax*, M.C. Giacomelli, T.E. Matthews, M.T. Rinehart, F. E. Robles, Y. Zhu, “Optical Spectroscopy of Biological Cells,” Adv. Opt. Photon., 4, 322-378, 2012
-Y. Li, K. Seekell, H. Yuan, F.E. Robles, and A. Wax*, “Multispectral nanoparticle contrast agents for true-color spectroscopic optical coherence tomography,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 3 (8), 2012
2011
-M.T. Rinehart, T.K. Drake, F.E. Robles, L.C. Rohan, D. Katz, and A. Wax*, “Time resolved imaging refractometry of microbicidal films using quantitative phase microscopy,” JBO, 16 (12), 2011
-F.E. Robles, L.L. Satterwhite, and A. Wax*, “Non-linear phase dispersion spectroscopy,” Opt. Lett., 36 (23), 2011
-F.E. Robles, C. Wilson, G. Grant, and A. Wax*, “Molecular imaging true color spectroscopic optical coherence tomography,” Nature Photonics, Vol. 5, 744-747, 2011
Featured in OCTnews, and Optics and Photonics News 23 (12), 42, 2011
2010
-F.E. Robles, Y. Zhu, J. Lee, S. Sharma, and A. Wax*, “Detection of early colorectal cancer development in the azoxymethane rat carcinogenesis model with Fourier domain low coherence interferometry,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 1 (2), 2010
-F.E. Robles, S. Chowdhury, and A. Wax*, “Assessing hemoglobin concentration using spectroscopic optical coherence tomography for feasibility of tissue diagnostics,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 1 (1), 2010
-F.E. Robles, and A. Wax*, “Separating the scattering and absorption coefficients using the real and imaginary parts of the refractive index with low coherence interferometry,” Opt. Lett., 35 (17), 2010
-F.E. Robles, and A. Wax, “Measuring morphological features using light scattering spectroscopy and Fourier-domain low-coherence interferometry,” Opt. Lett., 35 (3), 2010
2009
-R. N. Graf, F.E. Robles, and A. Wax, “Detecting precancerous lesions in a hamster cheek pouch using spectroscopic white-light optical coherence tomography to assess nuclear morphology via spectral oscillations,” J. Biomed. Opt., 14 (6), 2009
-F.E. Robles, R. Graf, A. Wax, “Dual window method for processing spectroscopic optical coherence tomography signals with simultaneously high spectral and temporal resolution,” Opt. Express, 17 (8), 2009. Featured in OCTnews
-T. Drake†, F.E. Robles†, A. Wax, “Multiplexed low coherence interferometry instrument for measuring microbicide gel thickness distribution,” Appl. Opt., 48 (10), 2009. †Equal contributions
Book Chapters
-A. Wax and F.E. Robles, “Molecular Imaging True Color Spectroscopic (METRiCS) Optical Coherence Tomography,” Recent Advances in Medical Imaging Technologies, Ed: K. Iniewski, in press
-A. Wax, M.C. Giacomelli, F.E. Robles, “Elastic scattering spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography” OCT: Technology and Applications, Ed. W. Drexler and J.G. Fujimoto, 2nd Ed., DOI 10.1007/978-3-3190-6419-2 39, 2014
-Y. Zhu, F.E. Robles, N. Terry, and A. Wax, “Interferometric light scattering techniques for measuring nuclear morphology and detecting dysplasia,” Biomedical Optics Handbook, Ed. T. Vo-Dinh, CRC, 2nd Ed., 653-681, 2014
-Y. Zhu,F.E. Robles, M.T. Rinehart, and A. Wax, “Polarization and spectral techniques for quantitative phase microscopy,” Biomedical Optical Phase Microscopy and Nanoscopy, Elsevier, Ed: Natan T. Shaked, Zeev Zalevsky, and Lisa L Satterwhite, 2013
-A. Wax, R. N. Graf, and F.E. Robles, “Assessing Microscopic Structural Features Using Fourier-domain low coherence interferometry,” Handbook of Biomedical Optics, Ed. D. A. Boas, C. Pitris, and N. Ramanujam, CRC, 1st edition. Florida: Boca Raton, 2011
Patents
-A. Wax, R.N. Graf, F.E. Robles, “Multiple window processing schemes for spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Fourier domain low coherence interferometry” US patent no. 2526374