Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for Optoacoustic Imaging

Nanotechnology for Biomedical Imaging and Diagnostics: From Nanoparticle Design to Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-149

  Liopo, Anton V ^a   Oraevsky, Alexander A ^a  

^a TomoWave Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; Contrast agents; Endogenous OA contrast agents; Exogenous contrast agents; Gold nanoshells; Nanoparticles; Optoacoustic (OA) imaging; Plasmonic nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSHELLS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENT; GOLD NANO-SHELLS; OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

EID: 85015998540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118873151.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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