The first scattering-dominant structured gold nanoparticles for enhancing OCT backscattering and imaging contrast

Biomedical Optics, BIOMED 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Yongping ^a   Xi, Jiefeng ^a   Lee, Du ^b   Ramella Roman, Jessica ^b   Li, Xingde ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING CONTRAST; IN-VIVO; NANOCAGES; OCT IMAGING; TUMOR IMAGING;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84890634922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/biomed.2012.btu3a.94     Document Type: Conference Paper

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