Vascular labeling of luminescent gold nanorods enables 3-D microscopy of mouse intestinal capillaries

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6278-6284

  Tang, Shiue Cheng ^a   Fu, Ya Yuan ^a   Lo, Wen Fu ^a   Hua, Tzu En ^a   Tuan, Hsing Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 D confocal microscopy; gold nanorods; intestinal vascular imaging; optical imaging; photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

3-D CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; 3-D MICROSCOPY; 3D VISUALIZATION; AUTO FLUORESCENCES; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANORODS; LOW NOISE; NEAR-INFRARED EXCITATION; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; SHARP CONTRAST; TISSUE IMAGING; VASCULAR IMAGING; VASCULATURE;

CAPILLARITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD; LASER EXCITATION; MICROCIRCULATION; NANORODS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; GOLD; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINES; LASERS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 78049324416     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102157a     Document Type: Article

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