Research Interests for Adam P. Wax

Dr. Wax's research interests include optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques.

Representative Publications

1. Pyhtila J. W., K. J. Chalut, J. D. Boyer, J. Keener, T. A. D’Amico, M. A. Gottfried, F. Gress, and A. Wax, In situ detection of nuclear atypia in Barrett’s esophagus using angle-resolved low coherence interferometry, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 65 (2007), pp. 487-491
2. Chalut, KJ; Kresty, LA; Pyhtila, JW; Nines, R; Baird, M; Steele, VE; Wax, A, In situ assessment of intraepithelial neoplasia in hamster trachea epithelium using angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry., Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, vol. 16 no. 2 (February, 2007), pp. 223-227 [doi] [abs]
3. Pyhtila, JW; Boyer, JD; Chalut, KJ; Wax, A, Fourier-domain angle-resolved low coherence interferometry through an endoscopic fiber bundle for light-scattering spectroscopy., Optics Letters, vol. 31 no. 6 (March, 2006), pp. 772-774 [OL.31.000772], [doi] [abs]
4. Curry, Adam and Hwang, William L. and Wax, Adam, Epi-illumination through the microscope objective applied to darkfield imaging and microspectroscopy of nanoparticle interaction with cells in culture, Optics Express, vol. 14 no. 14 (2006), pp. 6535 - 6542 [OE.14.006535] [abs]
5. Wax, A; Pyhtila, JW; Graf, RN; Nines, R; Boone, CW; Dasari, RR; Feld, MS; Steele, VE; Stoner, GD, Prospective grading of neoplastic change in rat esophagus epithelium using angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry., Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 10 no. 5 (September, 2005), pp. 051604 [1.2102767], [doi] [abs]
6. Graf, Robert N. and Wax, Adam, Nuclear morphology measurements using Fourier domain low coherence interferometry, Optics Express, vol. 13 no. 12 (2005), pp. 4693 - 4698 [abs]
7. Pyhtila, J; Graf, R; Wax, A, Determining nuclear morphology using an improved angle-resolved low coherence interferometry system., Optics Express, vol. 11 no. 25 (December, 2003), pp. 3473-3484 [doi] [abs]
8. Wax, A; Yang, C; Izatt, JA, Fourier-domain low-coherence interferometry for light-scattering spectroscopy., Optics Letters, vol. 28 no. 14 (July, 2003), pp. 1230-1232 [doi] [abs]
9. Wax, A; Yang, C; Müller, MG; Nines, R; Boone, CW; Steele, VE; Stoner, GD; Dasari, RR; Feld, MS, In situ detection of neoplastic transformation and chemopreventive effects in rat esophagus epithelium using angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry., Cancer Research, vol. 63 no. 13 (July, 2003), pp. 3556-3559 [abs]
10. Wax, A; Yang, C; Backman, V; Badizadegan, K; Boone, CW; Dasari, RR; Feld, MS, Cellular organization and substructure measured using angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry., Biophysical Journal, vol. 82 no. 4 (April, 2002), pp. 2256-2264 [doi] [abs]
11. Yang, C; Wax, A; Dasari, RR; Feld, MS, Phase-dispersion optical tomography, Optics Letters, vol. 26 no. 10 (May, 2001), pp. 686-688, The Optical Society [doi] [abs]