Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐develo** imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Contrast agents for molecular photoacoustic imaging

J Weber, PC Beard, SE Bohndiek - Nature methods, 2016‏ - nature.com
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging tool that bridges the traditional depth limits of
ballistic optical imaging and the resolution limits of diffuse optical imaging. Using the …

Targeted contrast agents and activatable probes for photoacoustic imaging of cancer

Z Zhao, CB Swartchick, J Chan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has emerged as a powerful technique for the high resolution
visualization of biological processes within deep tissue. Through the development and …

Hyaluronic acid for anticancer drug and nucleic acid delivery

F Dosio, S Arpicco, B Stella, E Fattal - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is widely used in anticancer drug delivery, since it is biocompatible,
biodegradable, non-toxic, and non-immunogenic; moreover, HA receptors are …

Long-Circulating Au-TiO2 Nanocomposite as a Sonosensitizer for ROS-Mediated Eradication of Cancer

VG Deepagan, DG You, W Um, H Ko, S Kwon… - Nano …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Although sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has emerged as a potential alternative to
conventional photodynamic therapy, the low quantum yield of the sonosensitizer such as …

Structural and functional photoacoustic molecular tomography aided by emerging contrast agents

L Nie, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) can offer structural, functional and molecular contrasts at
scalable observation level. By ultrasonically overcoming the strong optical scattering, this …

Hyaluronic acid–based activatable nanomaterials for stimuli‐responsive imaging and therapeutics: beyond CD44‐mediated drug delivery

KY Choi, HS Han, ES Lee, JM Shin… - Advanced …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
There is a rapidly increasing interest in develo** stimuli‐responsive nanomaterials for
treating a variety of diseases. By enabling the activation of function locally at the sites of …

Positron emission tomography and nanotechnology: A dynamic duo for cancer theranostics

S Goel, CG England, F Chen, W Cai - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Development of novel imaging probes for cancer diagnosis is critical for early
disease detection and management. The past two decades have witnessed a surge in the …

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water and non-aqueous solvents

OV Kharissova, BI Kharisov, EG de Casas Ortiz - Rsc Advances, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Contemporary methods for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water and non-aqueous
media are discussed. Most attention is paid to ultrasonic and plasma techniques and other …

Protein-assisted fabrication of nano-reduced graphene oxide for combined in vivo photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

Z Sheng, L Song, J Zheng, D Hu, M He, M Zheng… - Biomaterials, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Theranostic agents are attracting a great deal of attention in personalized medicine. Here,
we developed a protein-based, facile method for fabrication of nanosized, reduced …