| Literature DB >> 24115690 |
Andrew J Coughlin1, Jeyarama S Ananta, Nanfu Deng, Irina V Larina, Paolo Decuzzi, Jennifer L West.
Abstract
Multimodal imaging offers the potential to improve diagnosis and enhance the specificity of photothermal cancer therapy. Toward this goal, gadolinium-conjugated gold nanoshells are engineered and it is demonstrated that they enhance contrast for magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray, optical coherence tomography, reflectance confocal microscopy, and two-photon luminescence. Additionally, these particles effectively convert near-infrared light to heat, which can be used to ablate cancer cells. Ultimately, these studies demonstrate the potential of gadolinium-nanoshells for image-guided photothermal ablation.Entities:
Keywords: X-ray imaging; gold-silica nanoshells; magnetic resonance imaging; optical imaging; photothermal ablation
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24115690 PMCID: PMC3972071 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201302217
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Small ISSN: 1613-6810 Impact factor: 13.281