Use of nonlinear upconverting nanoparticles provides increased spatial resolution in fluorescence diffuse imaging

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2789-2791

  Svenmarker, Pontus ^a   Xu, Can T ^a   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SCANNING IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TISSUE PHANTOM;

FLUOROPHORES; NANOPARTICLES; YTTERBIUM;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

FLUORESCENT DYES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 77955889469     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.002789     Document Type: Article

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