Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have a number of physical properties that make them appealing
for medical applications. For example, the attenuation of X-rays by gold nanoparticles has …

Optical microscopy has been a fundamental tool of biological discovery for more than three
centuries, but its in vivo tissue imaging ability has been restricted by light scattering to …

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a hybrid in vivo imaging technique that acoustically
detects optical contrast via the photoacoustic effect. Unlike pure optical microscopic …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has the potential for real-time molecular imaging at high
resolution and deep inside the tissue, using nonionizing radiation and not necessarily …

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is probably the fastest-growing area of biomedical imaging
technology, owing to its capacity for high-resolution sensing of rich optical contrast in vivo at …

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Imaging modalities play an important role in the clinical management of cancer, including
screening, diagnosis, treatment planning and therapy monitoring. Owing to increased …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), also referred to as optoacoustic imaging, has shown promise
in early-stage clinical trials in a range of applications from inflammatory diseases to cancer …

Although optical absorption is strongly associated with the physiological status of biological
tissue, existing high-resolution optical imaging modalities, including confocal microscopy …

At present, clinicians routinely apply ultrasound endoscopy in a variety of interventional
procedures that provide treatment solutions for diseased organs. Ultrasound endoscopy not …