Gold-nanorod contrast-enhanced photoacoustic micro-imaging of focused-ultrasound induced blood-brain-barrier opening in a rat model

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Po Hsun ^a   Liu, Hao Li ^b   Hsu, Po Hung ^b   Lin, Chia Yu ^c   Wang, Churng Ren Chris ^c   Chen, Pin Yuan ^d   Wei, Kuo Chen ^d   Yen, Tzu Chen ^d   Li, Meng Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier disruption; Focused ultrasound; Gold nanorod; Photoacoustic microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG CARRIER; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CARRIERS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868667194     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.6.061222     Document Type: Article

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