Combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging of pancreatic cancer using nanocage contrast agents

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7177, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Homan, Kimberly ^a   Shah, Jignesh ^a   Gomez, Sobeyda ^a   Gensler, Heidi ^a   Karpiouk, Andrei ^a   Brannon Peppas, L ^b   Emelianov, Stanislav ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Appian Labs LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging; Silica nanoparticles; Silver nanocages

Indexed keywords

CENTER FREQUENCY; CONTRAST AGENT; EX-VIVO; FIBER-OPTICAL; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; IMAGING MODALITY; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; METALLODIELECTRIC; NANOCAGE; NANOCAGES; PANCREATIC CANCER; PANCREATIC CANCERS; PANCREATIC TISSUE; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING; SILICA CORES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; SILICA; SILVER; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 66249086206     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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