Title :
Going deeper than microscopy with multi-spectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT)
Author :
Ntziachristos, Vasilis
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Biol. & Med. Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We present the technology and application regimes of multi-spectral optoacoustic tomography and showcase its high resolution imaging performance in imaging fluorochromes, fluorescent proteins and other chromophoric agents in-vivo.
Keywords :
bioluminescence; biomedical optical imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; molecular biophysics; optical microscopy; optical tomography; photoacoustic effect; proteins; chromophoric agents; fluorescent proteins; fluorochromes; high resolution imaging; multispectral optoacoustic tomography; optical microscopy; Biomedical imaging; Fluorescence; High-resolution imaging; Marine animals; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Photonics; Proteins; Tomography; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343228
