Gold nanocages as contrast agents for two-photon luminescence endomicroscopy imaging

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1267-1270

  Chen, Yongping ^a   Zhang, Yuying ^a   Liang, Wenxuan ^a   Li, Xingde ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Endomicroscopy; Gold nanocages; Two photon luminescence imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CANCER CELLS; CONTRAST AGENT; ENDOMICROSCOPY; GOLD NANOCAGES; MOLECULAR CONTRAST AGENTS; NANOCAGES; NONLINEAR IMAGING; TWO-PHOTON LUMINESCENCE;

GOLD; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GOLD; NANOCAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; FIBER OPTIC NONLINEAR OPTICAL IMAGING ENDOMICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOLD; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS;

EID: 84867862309     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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