High resolution fluorescence imaging of cancers using lanthanide ion-doped upconverting nanocrystals

Cancers

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1105

  Naccache, Rafik ^a   Rodríguez, Emma Martín ^a   Bogdan, Nicoleta ^a   Sanz Rodríguez, Francisco ^b   de la Cruz, Maria del Carmen Iglesias ^b   de la Fuente, Ángeles Juarranz ^b   Vetrone, Fiorenzo ^c   Jaque, Daniel ^b   Solé, José García ^b   Capobianco, John A ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fluorescence imaging; Lanthanide doped nanocrystals; Targeting; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; QUANTUM DOT;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84871552457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers4041067     Document Type: Review

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