Contrast agents for photoacoustic and thermoacoustic imaging: A review

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 23616-23639

  Wu, Dan ^a   Huang, Lin ^a   Jiang, Max S ^b   Jiang, Huabei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Molecular imaging; Photoacoustic imaging; Thermoacoustic imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL IRON; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EVANS BLUE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCAGE; NANODIAMOND; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; NANOSPHERE; POLYPYRROLE; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 84919797546     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151223616     Document Type: Review

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