Photoacoustic imaging of lacZ gene expression in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Li, Li ^a   Zemp, Roger J ^a   Lungu, Gina ^b   Stoica, George ^b   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

GENE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOPGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

RATTUS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34250627121     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2717531     Document Type: Article

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