Optical molecular imaging of atherosclerosis using nanoparticles: Shedding new light on the darkness

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-388

  Douma, Kim ^a,b   Megens, Remco T A ^c,d   van Zandvoort, Marc A M J ^a,b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-VIVO; OPTICAL MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PLAQUE PROGRESSION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SUBCELLULAR RESOLUTION; TWO-PHOTON LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPIES;

DISEASES; PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; RESEARCH;

NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON; CARBON NANOPARTICLE; CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANODIAMOND; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; REACTIVE SMART NANOPARTICLE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EXCRETION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELLULOSE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79958287470     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.139     Document Type: Review

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