Title :
Detection, diagnostics and image-guided therapy of cancer using laser optoacoustic imaging system and gold nanoparticles
Author :
Oraevsky, Alexander A.
Author_Institution :
Fairway Med. Technol., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
Recent developments of laser optoacoustic imaging system, a new medical imaging modality utilizing endogenous contrast of blood enhanced with exogenous contrast of gold nanoparticles for real-time high-resolution high-sensitivity detection of cancer and monitoring of cancer therapy are reviewed.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; blood; cancer; gold; laser applications in medicine; nanoparticles; reviews; tumours; Au; blood; cancer detection; cancer diagnostics; cancer therapy monitoring; gold nanoparticle; image-guided cancer therapy; laser optoacoustic imaging; medical imaging; review; Biomedical imaging; Blood; Breast neoplasms; Cancer detection; Gold; Imaging phantoms; Medical treatment; Nanoparticles; Optical imaging; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412376
