Carleton Biophotonics Research Group

List of Published Contributions

• B. Hansson, C. H. Allen, S. Qutob, B. Behr, B. Nyiri, V. Chauhan and S. Murugkar, “Development of a flow cell based Raman spectroscopy technique to overcome photodegradation in human blood”, Biomedical Optics Express, 10 (5), pp. 2275-2288 (2019).
• Mikko J. Huttunen, Abdurahman Hassan, Curtis W. McCloskey, Sijyl Fasih, Jeremy Upham, Barbara Vanderhyden, Robert W. Boyd and Sangeeta Murugkar, “Automated classification of multiphoton microscopy images using deep learning”, J Biomed Opt. 23(6), 1-7 (2018).
• Christian Harry Allen, Achint Kumar, Balazs Nyiri, Sami Qutob, Vinita Chauhan and Sangeeta Murugkar, “Raman micro spectroscopy identifies nonlinear response of human lens epithelial cells exposed to ionizing radiation”, Phys. Med. Biol. 63, 025002 (2018).
• Simran Bahia, Erica Blais, Sangeeta Murugkar, Vinita Chauhan and Premkumari Kumarathasan, “Oxidative and nitrative stress-related changes in human lens epithelial cells following exposure to X-rays”, Int J Radiat Biol. 94(4), 366-373 (2018).
• Christian Harry Allen, Achint Kumar, Christopher Dedek, Hamid Moradi, Abrar Ahmad, Vinita Chauhan, Balazs Nyiri, Sangeeta Murugkar, The application of Raman Spectroscopy for in vitro dose discrimination of human lens epithelial cells exposed to ionizing radiation. Poster presentation. Abstract (published), 63rd COMP Annual Scientic Meeting (Ottawa), July 2017.
• H. Moradi, A. Ahmad, D. Shepherdson, N. H. Vuong, G. Niedbala, L. Eapen, B. Vanderhyden, B. Nyiri and S. Murugkar (2016). Raman micro-spectroscopy applied to treatment resistant and sensitive human ovarian cancer cells, J. Biophotonics 1–8 (2016) / DOI 10.1002/jbio.201600211.
• Sangeeta Murugkar and Robert W. Boyd (2016). Overview of second- and third-order nonlinear optical processes for deep tissue imaging. Editors: Lingyan Shi and Robert Alfano. Book Title: Deep Imaging in Tissue and Biomedical Materials using Linear and Non-linear Optical Methods (published, Pan Stanford Publishing, United States).
• Hamid Moradi, Sangeeta Murugkar, Abrar Ahmad, Dean Shepherdson, Balazs Nyiri, Nhung Vuong, Gosia Niedbala, Barbara Vanderhyden, Libni Eapen (2016). Batch Effect Reduction in in-vitro Raman Microscopic Radiosensitivity Study Using Ovarian Cancer Cells. Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), Conference Abstract and Poster presentation, Annual Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland.
• A. Ahmad, H. Moradi, D. Shepherdson, N. H. Vuong, G. Niedbala, L. Eapen, B. Nyiri, B. Vanderhyden, and S. Murugkar (2016). Characterization of Treatment Resistance in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells. SPEC 2016, International Society of clinical spectroscopy - Biannual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
• Santa Borel, Emil A. Prikryl*, Nhung Vuong, James Jonkman, Barbara Vanderhyden, Brian C. Wilson and Sangeeta Murugkar, "Live-cell Raman microspectroscopy to differentiate between normal and malignant mouse ovarian surface epithelial cells", Analytical Methods 7, 9520 – 9528 (2015).
• Simon-Alexandre Lussier*, Hamid Moradi*, Alain Price* and Sangeeta Murugkar, "Imaging highly absorbing nanoparticles using photothermal microscopy", Proc. SPIE Vol. 9337 93370N1-5 (2015).
• M. Naji*, S. Murugkar, H. Anis, "Determining optimum operating conditions of the polarization maintaining fiber with two far-lying zero dispersion wavelengths for CARS microscopy", Optics Express, 22(9), 10800-10814 (2014).
• J. Upham, I. De Leon, D. Grobnic, E. Ma*, MC Dicaire, SA Schulz, S. Murugkar, RW Boyd, "Enhancing optical field intensities in Gaussian-profile fiber Bragg gratings", Optics Letters 39(4), 849-52 (2014).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Israel De Leon, Matthew Horton*, Hammam Qassim*, Jonathan Leach and Robert W. Boyd, "Planar chiral metamaterials for biosensing applications", Proc. SPIE 8597 85970Y (2013).
• B. Smith*, M. Naji*, S. Murugkar, Emilio Alarcon, C. Brideau, P. Stys, H. Anis, "Portable, miniaturized, fibre delivered, multimodal CARS exoscope", Optics Express 21, 17161-17175 (2013).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Israel De Leon, Zhimin Shi, Gisela Lopez-Galmiche*, Jeff Salvail*, Edwin Ma*, Boshen Gao, Andreas C. Liapis, Joseph E. Vornehm and Robert W. Boyd, "Development of a slow-light spectrometer on a chip", Proc. SPIE 8264, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XVI, p. 82640T (2012).
• Brett Smith*, Majid Naji*, Sangeeta Murugkar, Craig Brideau, Peter Stys, Hanan Anis "A novel multimodal CARS miniaturized microscope", Proc. SPIE 8226, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XII, 822629 (2012).
• Mehul Malik, Sangeeta Murugkar, Jonathan Leach, and Robert W. Boyd, "Measurement of the Orbital Angular Momentum Spectrum of Partially Coherent Fields using Double Angular Slit Interference", Phys. Rev. A 86, 063806 (2012).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Israel De Leon, Zhimin Shi and Robert W. Boyd, "Slow-light spectrometer on a chip", Europractice Activity Report, p. 24 (2011).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Brett Smith*, Majid Naji*, Craig Brideau, Peter Stys and Hanan Anis, "Development of a micromirror-scanned multimodal CARS miniaturized microscope for the in vivo study of spinal cord disorders", Proc. SPIE 7903, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XI, 79031D (2011).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Brett Smith*, Craig Brideau, Peter Stys and Hanan Anis, "Development of a fiber optic based CARS exoscope for the in vivo study of spinal cord disorders", IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop (LiSSA), p.96-99 (2011).
• S. Murugkar, B. Smith*, P. Srivastava, A. Moica, C. Brideau, P. Stys, H. Anis, "Miniaturized multimodal CARS microscope based on MEMS scanning and a single laser source", Optics Express 18, 23796 (2010){selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics Vol. 6(1) (Jan 3 2011)}.
• M. Naji*, S. Murugkar, K. Khan*, H. Anis, "Photonic crystal fiber for multimodal coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy and spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 7569, 75692S (2010).
• S. Murugkar, C. Evans, S. Xie, H. Anis, “Chemically specific imaging of cryptosporidium oocysts using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy”, Journal of microscopy 233, 244 - 250 (2009).
• S. Murugkar, C. Brideau, A. Ridsdale, M. Naji, P. Stys, H. Anis, “Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy using photonic crystal fiber with two closely lying zero dispersion wavelengths”, Optics Express 15, 14028 (2007).
• S. Murugkar, C. Brideau, A. Ridsdale, Y. Logvin, P. Stys, H. Anis, “Optimization of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy using photonic crystal fiber,” Proc. SPIE 6796, 67960D (2007).
• Sangeeta Murugkar, Silvia Carrasco, Conor Evans, X. Sunney Xie and Hanan Anis, “Rapid detection of cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy,” CLEO (2007).
• Bassam Mansour, Craig Brideau, Sangeeta Murugkar, Andrew Ridsdale, Shawky El Mougy, Hanan Anis, Peter Stys, “Application of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy using photonic crystal fiber with two zero-dispersion wavelengths”, OFC 2007, Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.

Patents

• S. Murugkar, P. Stys and H. Anis, “Miniaturized multimodal CARS endoscope”, US 8879058, Publication date 2014-11-04.
• S. Murugkar and H. Anis, X. Xie and C. Evans “Pathogen Detection Using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscopy”, US 7542137, Publication date 2009-06-02.