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  1. A Heuristic Time-Domain Raman Forward Solver for Photon Migration in a Two-Layer Diffusive Medium

    Article • Photonics, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi

  2. Generation depth modeling in time domain diffuse Raman spectroscopy: the homogeneous case

    Article • Optics Express, September 2025, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  3. Oxyhemoglobin Measurements Using 1064 nm Light

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, July 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  4. Bioresorbable fibers for interstitial null-separation diffuse optical spectroscopy using fast temporal gating

    Article • Journal of Physics Photonics, January 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi

  5. Addressing the Need for Non-Invasive Lung Assessment with Time-Resolved Diffuse Optics

    Article • September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Pifferi

  6. Use of bioresorbable fibers for short-wave infrared spectroscopy using time-domain diffuse optics

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, August 2024, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  7. Application limits of the scaling relations for Monte Carlo simulations in diffuse optics. Part 2: results

    Article • Optics Express, July 2024, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  8. The SOLUS instrument: Optical characterization of the first hand-held probe for multimodal imaging (ultrasound and multi-wavelength time-resolved diffuse optical tomography)

    Article • Optics and Lasers in Engineering, May 2024, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  9. Optical signatures of thermal damage on ex-vivo brain, lung and heart tissues using time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, March 2024, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  10. Statistics of maximum photon penetration depth in a two-layer diffusive medium

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, January 2024, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  11. Smart Optode for 8-Wavelength Time-Gated Diffuse Optics

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  12. Application limits of the scaling relations for Monte Carlo simulations in diffuse optics. Part 1: theory

    Article • Optics Express, December 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  13. Two-layer reconstruction of Raman spectra in diffusive media based on an analytical model in the time domain

    Article • Optics Express, November 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Nina Reistad, Antonio Pifferi

  14. Time-domain NIRS system based on supercontinuum light source and multi-wavelength detection: validation for tissue oxygenation studies

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, September 2021, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  15. Performance assessment of laser sources for time-domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, August 2021, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  16. In vivo test-driven upgrade of a time domain multi-wavelength optical mammograph

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, January 2021, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Paola Taroni, Antonio Pifferi

  17. Large-Area, Fast-Gated Digital SiPM With Integrated TDC for Portable and Wearable Time-Domain NIRS

    Article • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, November 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Paola Taroni, Antonio Pifferi

  18. Probe-hosted large area silicon photomultiplier and high-throughput timing electronics for enhanced performance time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, October 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  19. Wearable and wireless time-domain near-infrared spectroscopy system for brain and muscle hemodynamic monitoring

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, September 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  20. Coherent fluctuations in time-domain diffuse optics

    Article • APL Photonics, July 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Lorenzo Colombo, Antonio Pifferi

  21. In vivo time-domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy above the water absorption peak

    Article • Optics Letters, June 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  22. Real-Time Dual-Wavelength Time-Resolved Diffuse Optical Tomography System for Functional Brain Imaging Based on Probe-Hosted Silicon Photomultipliers

    Article • Sensors, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi

  23. Non-invasive investigation of adipose tissue by time domain diffuse optical spectroscopy

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, April 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Paola Taroni, Antonio Pifferi

  24. Optical characterization of porcine tissues from various organs in the 650–1100 nm range using time-domain diffuse spectroscopy

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, February 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  25. Time-Gated Single-Photon Detection in Time-Domain Diffuse Optics: A Review

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi

  26. Broadband Time Domain Diffuse Optical Reflectance Spectroscopy: A Review of Systems, Methods, and Applications

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  27. A Versatile Setup for Time-Resolved Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Based on Fast-Gated Single-Photon Avalanche Diode and on Four-Wave Mixing Laser

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi

  28. Solid phantom recipe for diffuse optics in biophotonics applications: a step towards anatomically correct 3D tissue phantoms

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, March 2019, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  29. Instrumental, optical and geometrical parameters affecting time-gated diffuse optical measurements: a systematic study

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, October 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  30. Noninvasive optical estimation of CSF thickness for brain-atrophy monitoring

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, August 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  31. In vivo time-gated diffuse correlation spectroscopy at quasi-null source-detector separation

    Article • Optics Letters, May 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  32. Time-Domain Functional Diffuse Optical Tomography System Based on Fiber-Free Silicon Photomultipliers

    Article • Applied Sciences, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Antonio Pifferi

  33. Time-resolved single-photon detection module based on silicon photomultiplier: A novel building block for time-correlated measurement systems

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi

  34. New frontiers in time-domain diffuse optics, a review

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, June 2016, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  35. Characterization of a time-resolved non-contact scanning diffuse optical imaging system exploiting fast-gated single-photon avalanche diode detection

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, March 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi

  36. Effects of time-gated detection in diffuse optical imaging at short source-detector separation

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, January 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi

  37. Light diffusion in quenched disorder: Role of step correlations

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Antonio Pifferi

  38. Optimal arrangements of fiber optic probes to enhance the spatial resolution in depth for 3D reflectance diffuse optical tomography with time-resolved measurements performed with fast-gated single-photon avalanche diodes

    Article • February 2014, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  39. Forward solvers for photon migration in the presence of highly and totally absorbing objects embedded inside diffusive media

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  40. Nondestructive optical detection of monomer uptake in wood polymer composites

    Article • Optics Letters, January 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  41. Time domain functional NIRS imaging for human brain mapping

    Article • NeuroImage, January 2014, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  42. Non-contact in vivo diffuse optical imaging using a time-gated scanning system

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, September 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  43. Realistic inhomogeneous phantoms using an equivalent black volume

    Article • August 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  44. Time-resolved diffuse optical tomography using fast-gated single-photon avalanche diodes

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, July 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  45. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy at small source-detector distance by means of high dynamic-range fast-gated SPAD acquisitions: first in-vivo measurements

    Article • June 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  46. Phantoms for diffuse optical imaging based on totally absorbing objects, part 1: basic concepts

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, June 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  47. Experimental results on time-resolved reflectance diffuse optical tomography with fast-gated SPADs

    Article • June 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  48. Optical spectroscopy in the time-domain beyond 1.1 μm: A tool for the characterization of diffusive media

    Article • May 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  49. Recipes to make organic phantoms for diffusive optical spectroscopy

    Article • Applied Optics, April 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  50. Memory effect in gated single-photon avalanche diodes: a limiting noise contribution similar to afterpulsing

    Article • March 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  51. Performance assessment of time-domain optical brain imagers: a multi-laboratory study

    Article • February 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Daniel Milej

  52. Realistic phantoms for diffuse optical imaging using totally absorbing objects

    Article • February 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  53. Monolithic time-to-digital converter chips for time-correlated single-photon counting and fluorescence lifetime measurements

    Article • February 2013, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  54. Note: Comparison between a prism-based and an acousto-optic tunable filter-based spectrometer for diffusive media

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  55. Diffuse optical techniques applied to wood characterisation

    Article • Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, January 2013, IM Publications

    Antonio Pifferi

  56. Absorption spectroscopy of powdered materials using time-resolved diffuse optical methods

    Article • Applied Optics, November 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  57. Effects of tissue heterogeneity on the optical estimate of breast density

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, September 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  58. Single-fiber diffuse optical time-of-flight spectroscopy

    Article • Optics Letters, July 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  59. Afterpulse-like noise limits dynamic range in time-gated applications of thin-junction silicon single-photon avalanche diode

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi

  60. Spectral Distortions in Time-Resolved Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy Due to AOTFs

    Article • January 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  61. Review: Brain and muscle near infrared spectroscopy/imaging techniques

    Article • Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, January 2012, IM Publications

    Antonio Pifferi

  62. Review: Time-domain broadband near infrared spectroscopy of the female breast: a focused review from basic principles to future perspectives

    Article • Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, January 2012, IM Publications

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  63. Non-contact time-resolved diffuse reflectance imaging at null source-detector separation

    Article • Optics Express, December 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  64. Fast-gated single-photon detector module for wide dynamic range optical measurements

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  65. Breast density assessment by means of time domain optical mammography at 635-1060 nm

    Article • June 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  66. Non-contact time-domain scanning brain imager: results of proof of principle tests

    Article • June 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  67. Time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy beyond 1100 nm: initial feasibility study

    Article • June 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  68. Time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy up to 1700 nm using a time-gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode

    Article • June 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  69. Time domain diffuse optical imaging and spectroscopy of breast

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  70. Fast-gated single-photon counting technique widens dynamic range and speeds up acquisition time in time-resolved measurements

    Article • Optics Express, May 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  71. Advanced Optical Methods for Functional Brain Imaging: Time-Domain Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • May 2011, Wiley

    Antonio Pifferi

  72. Photonics for Life

    Article • IEEE Pulse, May 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  73. Functional tomography using a time-gated ICCD camera

    Article • Biomedical Optics Express, February 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  74. Assessment of basic instrumental performance of time-domain optical brain imagers

    Article • February 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  75. First in vivo spectral characterization of breast up to 1300 nm

    Article • February 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  76. In vivo swine myocardial tissue characterization and monitoring during open chest surgery by time-resolved diffuse near-infrared spectroscopy

    Article • February 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  77. Time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy up to 1700 nm using an InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode

    Article • February 2011, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  78. Time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy beyond 1100 nm:initial feasibility study

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  79. Fast-gated SPAD for ultra-wide dynamic range optical investigations

    Article • November 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  80. Time-Resolved Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy: A Differential Absorption Approach

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, November 2010, SAGE Publications

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  81. The impact of morphology on light transport in cancellous bone

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, August 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  82. Intra-subject spatial changes in the optical properties of the female breast: A preliminary two-subject study

    Article • Medical Laser Application, August 2010, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  83. Fast-Gated Single-Photon Avalanche Diode for Wide Dynamic Range Near Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  84. Functional diffuse reflectance spectroscopy at small source-detector distances based on fast-gated single-photon avalanche diodes

    Article • April 2010, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  85. Fast-gated single-photon detectors boost dynamic range in NIR spectroscopy

    Article • February 2010, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  86. Noninvasive assessment of breast cancer risk using time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2010, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  87. Fast Gating of Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes for Photon Migration Measurements

    Article • November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Pifferi

  88. Seven-wavelength time-resolved optical mammography extending beyond 1000 nm for breast collagen quantification

    Article • Optics Express, August 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  89. Functional brain tomography using a time-gated ICCD camera

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  90. Accuracy of the nonlinear fitting procedure for time-resolved measurements on diffusive phantoms at NIR wavelengths

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  91. Brain functional imaging at small source-detector distances based on fast-gated single-photon avalanche diodes

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  92. Fast-gated single-photon avalanche diode for extremely wide dynamic-range applications

    Article • February 2009, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  93. Bandpass Effects in Time-Resolved Diffuse Spectroscopy

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, January 2009, SAGE Publications

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  94. Diffuse optical spectroscopy of breast tissue extended to 1100 nm

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2009, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  95. Depth dependence of estimated optical properties of a scattering inclusion by time-resolved contrast functions

    Article • Optics Express, October 2008, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  96. In VivoMeasurement of Vascular Modulation in Experimental Tumors Using a Fluorescent Contrast Agent

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  97. Light propagation in dry and wet softwood

    Article • Optics Express, June 2008, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  98. Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy of Wood

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, May 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  99. Time-Resolved Diffuse Reflectance Using Small Source-Detector Separation and Fast Single-Photon Gating

    Article • Physical Review Letters, March 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Antonio Pifferi

  100. Clinically compatible time-resolved diffuse spectroscopy in the 600-1100 nm bandwidth

    Article • February 2008, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  101. Functional brain imaging by multi-wavelength time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Opto-Electronics Review, January 2008, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  102. Time-resolved and continuous wave NIR reflectance spectroscopy to predict soluble solids content and firmness of pear

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  103. Time-resolved scanning system for double reflectance and transmittance fluorescence imaging of diffusive media

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi

  104. Time-gated single-photon avalanche diode for time-resolved diffuse reflectance at small source-detector separation

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  105. Fully automated time domain spectrometer for the absorption and scattering characterization of diffusive media

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, May 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  106. In vivo time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy of the human forehead

    Article • Applied Optics, March 2007, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  107. Portable, large-bandwidth time-resolved system for diffuse optical spectroscopy

    Article • Optics Express, January 2007, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  108. Time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy of small tissue samples

    Article • Optics Express, January 2007, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  109. Absorption of collagen: effects on the estimate of breast composition and related diagnostic implications

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2007, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  110. Calibration of scattering and absorption properties of a liquid diffusive medium at NIR wavelengths. Time-resolved method

    Article • Optics Express, January 2007, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  111. Determination of the optical properties of anisotropic biological media using an isotropic diffusion model

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2007, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  112. Heuristic Green’s function of the time dependent radiative transfer equation for a semi-infinite medium

    Article • Optics Express, January 2007, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  113. Optical Characterisation of Bone Tissue for Diffusion Optical Tomography Applied to Skeletal Implants

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  114. Absorption and scattering perturbations in homogeneous and layered diffusive media probed by time-resolved reflectance at null source-detector separation

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Antonio Pifferi

  115. A model for the softening of nectarines based on sorting fruit at harvest by time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  116. Multichannel Time-Resolved Tissue Oximeter for Functional Imaging of the Brain

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, February 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  117. Fluorescent Imaging of Vascular Shutdown in vivo

    Article • January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  118. Absorption Properties of Breast: The Contribution of Collagen

    Article • January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  119. Feasibility of white-light time-resolved optical mammography

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2006, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  120. Multi-channel time-resolved system for functional near infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Optics Express, January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  121. Time-Resolved Reflectance at Null Source-Detector Separation: Improving Contrast and Resolution in Diffuse Optical Imaging

    Article • Physical Review Letters, August 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Antonio Pifferi

  122. MEALINESS DETECTION IN APPLES USING TIME RESOLVED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY

    Article • Journal of Texture Studies, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  123. Dynamic time-resolved diffuse spectroscopy based on supercontinuum light pulses

    Article • Applied Optics, August 2005, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  124. Characterization of female breast lesions from multi-wavelength time-resolved optical mammography

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, May 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  125. Time-resolved optical mammography between 637 and 985 nm: clinical study on the detection and identification of breast lesions

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, May 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  126. Time-resolved spectroscopy based on white-light generation of short pulses in a photonic crystal fiber

    Article • April 2005, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  127. In vivo absorption spectroscopy of tumor sensitizers with femtosecond white light

    Article • Applied Optics, April 2005, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  128. Performance assessment of photon migration instruments: the MEDPHOT protocol

    Article • Applied Optics, April 2005, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  129. Bilateral prefrontal cortex oxygenation responses to a verbal fluency task: a multichannel time-resolved near-infrared topography study

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2005, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  130. Determination of visible near-IR absorption coefficients of mammalian fat using time- and spatially resolved diffuse reflectance and transmission spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2005, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  131. Time-resolved spectrophotometer for turbid media based on supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber

    Article • Optics Letters, October 2004, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi

  132. Phantom validation and in vivo application of an inversion procedure for retrieving the optical properties of diffusive layered media from time-resolved reflectance measurements

    Article • Optics Letters, September 2004, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  133. Selection Models for the Internal Quality of Fruit, based on Time Domain Laser Reflectance Spectroscopy

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, July 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  134. Do shorter wavelengths improve contrast in optical mammography?

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, March 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  135. Mapping of calf muscle oxygenation and haemoglobin content during dynamic plantar flexion exercise by multi-channel time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, February 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  136. Bulk optical properties and tissue components in the female breast from multiwavelength time-resolved optical mammography

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2004, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  137. Clinical trial of time-resolved scanning optical mammography at 4 wavelengths between 683 and 975 nm

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2004, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  138. Liquid phantom for investigating light propagation through layered diffusive media

    Article • Optics Express, January 2004, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  139. Optical biopsy of bone tissue: a step toward the diagnosis of bone pathologies

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2004, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  140. Spectroscopic time-resolved diffuse reflectance and transmittance measurements of the female breast at different interfiber distances

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2004, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  141. Eight-channel time-resolved tissue oximeter for functional muscle studies

    Article • July 2003, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  142. Four-wavelength time-resolved optical mammograph

    Article • July 2003, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  143. Time-resolved optical imaging through turbid media using a fast data acquisition system based on a gated CCD camera

    Article • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, July 2003, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi

  144. In vivo absorption and scattering spectroscopy of biological tissues

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, February 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  145. TIME-RESOLVED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY CAN DETECT INTERNAL DEFECTS

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, February 2003, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Antonio Pifferi

  146. Nondestructive detection of brown heart in pears by time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, May 2002, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  147. Dual-wavelength time-resolved optical mammograph for clinical studies

    Article • November 2001, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  148. Portable 8-channel time-resolved optical imager for functional studies of biological tissues

    Article • November 2001, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  149. Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy Applied to the Nondestructive Monitoring of the Internal Optical Properties in Apples

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy, October 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  150. In vivooptical characterization of human tissues from 610 to 1010 nm by time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, July 2001, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  151. Effects of photodynamic therapy on the absorption properties of disulphonated aluminum phthalocyanine in tumor-bearing mice

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, July 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  152. In-vivo multidistance multiwavelength time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy of layered tissues

    Article • June 2001, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  153. Accelerated Monte Carlo models to simulate fluorescence of layered tissue

    Article • November 2000, SPIE

    Antonio Pifferi

  154. Generation, characterization, and medical utilization of laser-produced emission continua

    Article • Laser and Particle Beams, July 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Antonio Pifferi

  155. Preliminary evaluation of two fluorescence imaging methods for the detection and the delineation of basal cell carcinomas of the skin

    Article • Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  156. Fluorescence Imaging During Photodynamic Therapy of Experimental Tumors in Mice Sensitized with Disulfonated Aluminum Phthalocyanine¶

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  157. Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Red and Near-infrared Optical Properties of the Human Breast¶

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  158. Steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic studies on low-density lipoprotein-bound Zn(II)-phthalocyanine

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  159. Spatial resolution of imaging with diffusing light: Edge spread function measurements on a realistic tissue phantom

    Article • Medical Physics, January 1999, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  160. Fluorescence lifetime imaging: an application to the detection of skin tumors

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, January 1999, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  161. The antitumour activity of alkylating agents is not correlated with the levels of glutathione, glutathione transferase and O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase of human tumour xenografts

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, October 1998, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi

  162. Effects of the background optical properties on time-resolved transmittance imaging

    Article • January 1998, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  163. A solid tissue phantom for photon migration studies

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, October 1997, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  164. Measurements of the edge spread function on a realistic tissue phantom

    Article • August 1997, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  165. Discrimination between scattering and absorption inhomogeneities using time-resolved transmittance imaging

    Article • August 1997, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  166. Real-time system for fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Article • June 1997, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  167. Tumor detection in HpD-sensitized mice with fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Article • May 1997, SPIE

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  168. Artificial models of biological photoreceptors: effect of quenchers on the fluorescence properties of hypericin embedded in liposomes

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 1997, Elsevier

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  169. In vivo absorption spectrum of disulphonated aluminium phthalocyanine in a murine tumour model

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  170. Experimental test of theoretical models for time-resolved reflectance

    Article • Medical Physics, January 1996, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  171. Time-gated imaging in radiology: theoretical and experimental studies

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, January 1996, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi

  172. Comparison of cell-cycle phase perturbations induced by the DNA-minor-groove alkylator tallimustine and by melphalan in the SW626 cell line

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, July 1995, Wiley

    Antonio Pifferi

  173. SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOACOUSTIC STUDIES OF HYPERICIN EMBEDDED IN LIPOSOMES AS A PHOTORECEPTOR MODEL*

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, July 1995, Wiley

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  174. Flow cytometric detection of glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes by quantitative immunofluorescence under nonsaturating conditions

    Article • Cytometry Part A, June 1995, Wiley

    Antonio Pifferi

  175. An integrated instrumentation for light‐scattering and time‐resolved fluorescence measurements

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, March 1995, American Institute of Physics

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  176. Time-resolved reflectance: a systematic study for application to the optical characterization of tissues

    Article • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, January 1994, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Gianluca Valentini, Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni

  177. Multi-channel time-resolved tissue oximeter for functional imaging of the brain

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Antonio Pifferi, Prof. Paola Taroni