Photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging contrast enhancement using a dual contrast agent

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7564, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wilson, Katheryne ^a   Homan, Kimberly ^a   Emelianov, Stanislav ^a  

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

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Dual contrast; Nanoparticles; Perfluorocarbon; Photoacoustic imaging; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST MECHANISM; IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PERFLUOROCARBONS; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BODY FLUIDS; DROP FORMATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77951575629     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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