Photoacoustic lifetime contrast between methylene blue monomers and self-quenched dimers as a model for dual-labeled activatable probes

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Morgounova, Ekaterina ^a   Shao, Qi ^a   Hackel, Benjamin J ^a   Thomas, David D ^b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

activatable probes; excited state lifetime; methylene blue; photoacoustic imaging; photoinduced electron transfer; static quenching

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; METHYLENE BLUE; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIMERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; METHYLENE BLUE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SULFATES;

EID: 84886799973     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.056004     Document Type: Article

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