Advanced contrast nanoagents for photoacoustic molecular imaging, cytometry, blood test and photothermal theranostics

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 346-369

  de la Zerda, Adam ^a,b   Kim, Jin Woo ^c   Galanzha, Ekaterina I ^d   Gambhir, Sanjiv S ^a   Zharov, Vladimir P ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood test; Cancer; Carbon nanotubes; Flow cytometry; Metastasis; Nanotechnology; Photoacoustic molecular imaging; Photothermal theranostics

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; INTEGRIN; NANOCOATING; NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; BLEACHING; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; THERANOSTICS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84859708589     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.455     Document Type: Review

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