Photoacoustic is an emerging biomedical imaging modality, which allows imaging optical
absorbers in the tissue by acoustic detectors (light in-sound out). Such a technique has an …

In vivo imaging, which enables us to peer deeply within living subjects, is producing
tremendous opportunities both for clinical diagnostics and as a research tool. Contrast …

Apart from its clinical use in imaging, ultrasound has been thoroughly investigated as a tool
to enhance drug delivery in a wide variety of applications. Therapeutic ultrasound, as such …

Nano-sized therapeutic agents have several advantages over low molecular weight agents
such as a larger loading capacity, the ability to protect the payload until delivery, more …

Nanomedicine is defined as “the application of nanotechnology to medicine, including the
use of nanometer-sized carrier materials for facilitating disease diagnosis, disease treatment …

Polymer mechanochemistry is a promising technology to convert mechanical energy into
chemical functionality by breaking covalent and supramolecular bonds site‐selectively. Yet …

Ultrasound (US) is one of the most frequently used diagnostic methods. It is a non-invasive,
comparably inexpensive imaging method with a broad spectrum of applications, which can …

Ultrasonography (US) is an indispensable tool in breast imaging and is complementary to
both mammography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the breast. Advances in US …

Highlights▶ Nanomedicines can be used for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic
applications.▶ Nanotherapeutics aims to improve the balance between efficacy and …

Enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) and the (over-) expression of angiogenesis-
related surface receptors are key features of tumor blood vessels. As a consequence, EPR …