What is Contrast Agent Development? Photoacoustic contrast agents, such as indocyanine green (ICG), are used to enhance the visibility of specific targets within a subject and targeting to investigate specific molecular markers. PhotoSound Product Used TriTom In situ x-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography with a contrast agent: a proof of concept Biodegradable and biocompatible semiconductor nanocrystals […]
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GOLD NANOPARTICLES CONJUGATED WITH DNA APTAMER FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION OF HUMAN MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9
Authors: Jinhwan Kim, Anthony M Yu, Kelsey P. Kubelick, Stanislav Y. Emelianov ABSTRACT Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plays major roles in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and membrane protein cleavage, suggesting a high correlation with cancer cell invasion and tumor metastasis. Here, we present a contrast agent based on a DNA aptamer that can selectively target human […]
IN SITU X-RAY-INDUCED ACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH A CONTRAST AGENT: A PROOF OF CONCEPT
Authors: Seongwook Choi,1; Sinyoung Park,1; Ayoung Pyo,2; Dong-Yeon Kim,3 ; Jung-Joon Min,4 ; Changho Lee,4,5,6; Chulhong Kim,1,7 ABSTRACT X-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography (XACT) has shown great potential as a hybrid imaging modality for real-time non-invasive x-ray dosimetry and low-dose three- dimensional (3D) imaging. While promising, one drawback of the XACT system is the underlying low signal-to-noise ratio […]
BIODEGRADABLE AND BIOCOMPATIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS AS NIR-II PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING CONTRAST AGENTS
Author(s): Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, Swathi P. Katakam, Kristie Huda, Xingjian Zhong, Joshua C. Kays, Allison M. Dennis, Carolyn L. Bayer ABSTRACT Transabdominal imaging using photoacoustics (PA) is limited by optical attenuation of tissue due to high scattering and absorption in the near infrared (NIR) window. Tissue attenuation is lowered when imaging with longer wavelengths in the NIR window (> 950 nm). […]