Tag: Contrast Agent Development

Bornite (Cu5FeS4) nanocrystals as an ultrasmall biocompatible NIR-II contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging

Author(s):Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, Xingjian Zhong, Kristie Huda, Swathi P. Katakam, Joshua C. Kays, Allison M. Dennis, Carolyn L. Bayer ABSTRACT In this study, we demonstrate the potential of the bornite crystal structure (Cu5FeS4) of copper iron sulfide as a second near infrared (NIR-II) photoacoustic (PA) contrast agent. Bornite exhibits comparable dose-dependent biocompatibility to copper sulfide nanoparticles in a cell viability study with HepG2 cells, while exhibiting a 10-fold increase […]

Phototherapy mode control by tuning molecular and supramolecular forms of indocyanine green in crosslinked polyion complex nanoparticles

Author(s): Aixa Aguilera-Garrido, Marie Millard, Mathilde Bouché, Pascal Lemière, Nadia Canilho, Andreea Pasc, Kazunori Kataoka, Joachim F.R. Van Guyse, Henri-Pierre Lassalle, Yann Bernhard ABSTRACT Photothermal therapy (PTT) offers a minimally invasive approach for treating hypoxic tumors, while photodynamic therapy (PDT) is limited by its oxygen dependence. Indocyanine green (ICG) is a clinically approved near-infrared (NIR) […]

Probing the photophysical properties of fluorescent proteins using photoacoustic pump-probe spectroscopy and imaging

Author(s): F. Ghane Golmohamadi, A. Mehmood, H. T. Phan, F.-J. Schmitt, and J. Laufer ABSTRACT Pump-probe excitation of fluorophores has been shown to overcome the limitations of conventional multiwavelength imaging and linear unmixing approaches by providing fluorophore-specific contrast whilst eliminating the dominant background signal of endogenous chromophores. In this study, methods for generating pump-probe signals and images are […]

Water-Soluble Fe(II) Complexes for Theranostic Application: Synthesis, Photoacoustic Imaging, and Photothermal Conversion

Authors: Maeva Delcroix, Dr. Anil Reddy Marri, Stéphane Parant, Dr. Philippe C. Gros, Dr. Mathilde Bouché ABSTRACT Significant effort focused on developing photoactivatable theranostics for localized image guided therapy of cancer by thermal ablation. In this context iron complexes were recently identified as photoactivatable theranostic agents with adequate biocompatibility and body clearance. Herein, a series of FeII complexes bearing polypyridine […]

CO-REGISTERED PHOTOACOUSTIC AND FLUORESCENT IMAGING OF A SWITCHABLE NANOPROBE BASED ON J-AGGREGATES OF INDOCYANINE GREEN

Authors: Diego S. Dumani, Hans-Peter Brecht, Vassili Ivanov, Ryan Deschner, Justin T. Harris, Kimberly A. Homan, Jason R. Cook, Stanislav Y. Emelianov, Sergey A. Ermilov ABSTRACT We introduce a preclinical imaging platform – a 3D photoacoustic/fluorescence tomography (PAFT) instrument augmented with an environmentally responsive dual-contrast biocompatible nanoprobe. The PAFT instrument was designed for simultaneous acquisition […]

INDOCYANINE GREEN DYE BASED BIMODAL CONTRAST AGENT TESTED BY PHOTOACOUSTIC/FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY SETUP

Authors: MAKSIM D. MOKROUSOV, WEYLAN THOMPSON, SERGEY A. ERMILOV, TATIANA ABAKUMOVA, MARINA V. NOVOSELOVA, OLGA A. INOZEMTSEVA, TIMOFEI S. ZATSEPIN, VLADIMIR P. ZHAROV, EKATERINA I. GALANZHA, DMITRY A. GORIN  Visualization 1. 3D image of the samples reconstructed from the obtained photoacoustic and fluorescent measurement data ABSTRACT Multimodal imaging systems are in high demand for preclinical […]

TRANSFONTANELLE PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING: ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER SELECTION ANALYSIS

Authors: Rayyan Manwar, Tarikul Islam, MD, Seyed Mohsen Ranjbaran, Kamran Avanaki ABSTRACT Transfontanelle ultrasound imaging (TFUI) is the conventional approach for diagnosing brain injury in neonates. Despite being the first stage imaging modality, TFUI lacks accuracy in determining the injury at an early stage due to degraded sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, a modality like photoacoustic […]