Recent advances in contrast-enhanced photoacoustic imaging: overcoming the physical and practical challenges

W Choi, B Park, S Choi, D Oh, J Kim, C Kim - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
For decades now, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has been investigated to realize its potential
as a niche biomedical imaging modality. Despite its highly desirable optical contrast and …

Versatile types of inorganic/organic NIR-IIa/IIb fluorophores: from strategic design toward molecular imaging and theranostics

Y Liu, Y Li, S Koo, Y Sun, Y Liu, X Liu, Y Pan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm), which enables
us to look deeply into living subjects, is producing marvelous opportunities for biomedical …

Hemicyanine‐based near‐infrared activatable probes for imaging and diagnosis of diseases

Z Zeng, SS Liew, X Wei, K Pu - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular activatable probes with near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescence play a critical role in in
vivo imaging of biomarkers for drug screening and disease diagnosis. With structural …

Magneto‐/electro‐responsive polymers toward manufacturing, characterization, and biomedical/soft robotic applications

E Yarali, M Baniasadi, A Zolfagharian, M Chavoshi… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Magneto-/electro-responsive polymers (MERPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive
materials that are actuated when triggered by external magnetic/electric fields. MERPs …

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 …

Radiolabelling of nanomaterials for medical imaging and therapy

J Pellico, PJ Gawne, RTM de Rosales - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials offer unique physical, chemical and biological properties of interest for
medical imaging and therapy. Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing effort …

Insights on functionalized carbon nanotubes for cancer theranostics

L Tang, Q **ao, Y Mei, S He, Z Zhang, R Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the exciting breakthroughs in medical technology, cancer still accounts for one of
the principle triggers of death and conventional therapeutic modalities often fail to attain an …

Nanomaterials for in vivo imaging

BR Smith, SS Gambhir - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
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 …

Mesoporous silica and organosilica nanoparticles: physical chemistry, biosafety, delivery strategies, and biomedical applications

JG Croissant, Y Fatieiev, A Almalik… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Predetermining the physico‐chemical properties, biosafety, and stimuli‐responsiveness of
nanomaterials in biological environments is essential for safe and effective biomedical …

Recent advances in near-infrared II fluorophores for multifunctional biomedical imaging

F Ding, Y Zhan, X Lu, Y Sun - Chemical science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, owing to unsatisfactory clinical imaging clarity and depths in the living body
for early diagnosis and prognosis, novel imaging modalities with high bioimaging …