Experimental demonstration of direct L-shell x-ray fluorescence imaging of gold nanoparticles using a benchtop x-ray source

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Manohar, Nivedh ^a   Reynoso, Francisco J ^a   Cho, Sang Hyun ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; preclinical imaging; x ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON SOURCES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHANTOMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TUMORS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES (GNPS); LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORMALIZATION ALGORITHMS; PRECLINICAL IMAGING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SILICON; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPTON EFFECT; DIODE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGING PHANTOM; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SPECTROMETRY; EQUIPMENT; LETTER;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 84881654970     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4816297     Document Type: Article

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