Optically tunable nanoparticle contrast agents for early cancer detection: Model-based analysis of gold nanoshells

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Lin, Alex W H ^a   Lewinski, Nastassja A ^a   West, Jennifer L ^a   Halas, Naomi J ^a   Drezek, Rebekah A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Monte Carlo; Nanoparticles; Nanoshells; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; GOLD; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFLECTION;

CANCER DETECTION; CONTRAST AGENTS; NANOSHELLS; OPTICALLY TUNABLE NANOPARTICLE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33644769454     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2141825     Document Type: Article

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