Microbubble embedded with upconversion nanoparticles as a bimodal contrast agent for fluorescence and ultrasound imaging

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 34, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Birui ^a   Lin, M ^a,b   You, Minli ^a   Zong, Yujin ^a   Wan, Mingxi ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Duan, Zhenfeng ^b   Lu, Tianjian ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bimodal contrast agent; layer by layer selfassembly; microbubbles; ultrasound; upconversion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; INFRARED DEVICES; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOBLEACHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENT; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER SELF-ASSEMBLY; MICROBUBBLES; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROBUBBLES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84945288071     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/34/345601     Document Type: Article

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