Journal of Biomedical Optics

Journal of Biomedical Optics is a monthly Gold Open Access journal published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, founded in 1996 with its editorial office in Bellingham, Washington. It reports optical systems and techniques that improve health care and biomedical research, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3 with a CiteScore of 5.9.（Journal of Biomedical Optics）是国际光学与光子学学会（SPIE）出版的金色开放获取月刊，1996 年创办，编辑部设于美国华盛顿州贝灵厄姆。该刊刊载可改善医疗保健与生物医学研究的光学系统与技术，2025 年影响因子为 3.3，CiteScore 为 5.9。

Scope

• The journal covers fundamentally new devices or algorithms for optical imaging and sensing, drawing on photoacoustics, optical spectroscopy, near-infrared spectroscopy, microscopy, optical coherence tomography, fluorescence, phosphorescence, elastography, hyperspectral methods and other uniquely optical properties.覆盖用于光学成像与传感的全新器件或算法，涵盖光声成像、光学光谱、近红外光谱、显微成像、光学相干断层、（fluorescence）、（elastography）与高光谱方法等独特光学特性。
• It seeks a deeper understanding of light-tissue interaction reached through theoretical transport models such as Monte Carlo, diffusion and electromagnetic approaches, and through physical tissue-simulating phantoms.借助（Monte Carlo）、（diffusion）与电磁等理论传输模型，以及组织模拟体模，深化对光与组织相互作用的理解。
• Computational advances in optical image and signal processing and image reconstruction are in scope, including machine learning and artificial intelligence methods that improve detection or performance value.光学图像与信号处理及图像重建的计算方法进展亦属范围，包括可提升检测能力或性能价值的机器学习与人工智能方法。
• Novel medical optical systems tested in animal or human studies or clinical trials are welcome, among them mobile, remote, wearable and implantable technologies.欢迎经动物或人体研究、临床试验验证的新型医用光学系统，包括移动、（remote）、可穿戴与可植入技术。
• Hybrid imaging and interventional systems combining optics with ultrasound, x-rays, magnetic resonance, molecular sensing or electromagnetics also fall within scope, as do photonics, nanophotonics, plasmonics, biosensors, optical reporters and optogenetics with direct biomedical relevance.将光学与超声、X 射线、磁共振、分子传感或电磁结合的混合成像与介入系统同样属于范围，与生物医学直接相关的光子学、（nanophotonics）、（plasmonics）、生物传感器、光学报告分子与（optogenetics）亦然。

History

• The journal was founded in 1996 by SPIE, which launched it with four quarterly issues and placed its editorial office at the society's headquarters in Bellingham, Washington.该刊 1996 年由（SPIE）创办，创刊当年发行四期季刊，编辑部设于该学会位于华盛顿州贝灵厄姆的总部。
• Joseph R. Lakowicz of the University of Maryland School of Medicine served as founding editor-in-chief from 1996 to 1999, followed by Bruce J. Tromberg of the Beckman Laser Institute.首任主编为（University of Maryland School of Medicine）的 Joseph R. Lakowicz（1996–1999），其后由（Beckman Laser Institute）的 Bruce J. Tromberg 接任。
• Lihong V. Wang became editor-in-chief in 2009, and in January 2011 the journal doubled its frequency from bimonthly to monthly publication to keep pace with submissions.2009 年 Lihong V. Wang 出任主编；2011 年 1 月该刊出版频次翻倍，由双月刊改为月刊，以应对日益增长的投稿量。
• It became fully Gold Open Access in January 2019 under a CC BY 4.0 licence, and it now publishes article-at-a-time with twelve monthly issues a year.该刊 2019 年 1 月起转为完全金色开放获取，采用（CC BY 4.0）许可，现按篇连续出版并每年发行十二期月刊。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell of Johns Hopkins University, whose research concerns photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging.现任主编为（Johns Hopkins University）的 Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell，研究方向为光声与超声成像。
• A senior advisory board of around fourteen scientists guides the journal, among them Lihong V. Wang, Bruce J. Tromberg, James G. Fujimoto, Tayyaba Hasan, Brian W. Pogue and Valery V. Tuchin.由约十四位资深科学家组成的顾问委员会指导刊物，包括 Lihong V. Wang、Bruce J. Tromberg、James G. Fujimoto、Tayyaba Hasan、Brian W. Pogue 与 Valery V. Tuchin。
• Topical editors cover specific areas, among them Anthony J. Durkin, Frédéric Leblond, Jonathan T. C. Liu, Jessica Ramella-Roman and Vasan Venugopalan, while around thirty associate editors are drawn from the United States, China, Canada and Europe.专题编辑负责特定领域，包括 Anthony J. Durkin、（Frédéric Leblond）、Jonathan T. C. Liu、Jessica Ramella-Roman 与 Vasan Venugopalan；另有约三十位副编辑来自美国、中国、加拿大与欧洲。
• All papers are peer reviewed, and the journal states that manuscripts presenting only biological or medical findings without an optical innovation are not sufficient for publication, with the letters editor being Martin J. Leahy.稿件一律经同行评审；该刊明确，仅含生物学或医学发现而无光学创新的稿件不足以录用，信件编辑为 Martin J. Leahy。