Near infrared receptor-targeted nanoprobes for early diagnosis of cancers

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 4767-4785

  Cheng, K ^a   Cheng, Z ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Early detection; Nanoparticles; Near infrared; Optical fluorescence; Photoacoustic imaging; Raman imaging; Receptor

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SQUARAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCIENTIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84870418963     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803341458     Document Type: Article

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