Title :
Measuring Gold Nanoparticle Concentrations In Tissue Using Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
Author :
Zaman, Raiyan T. ; Diagaradjane, Parmeswaran ; Krishnan, Sunil ; Tunnell, James W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas, Austin
Abstract :
We developed diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) to non-invasively measure gold nanoparticle concentrations within tissue. We demonstrate DOS´s accuracy to quantify nanoparticle concentrations using tissue phantoms and an in vivo murine model.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical measurement; chemical analysis; chemical variables measurement; gold; nanoparticles; phantoms; diffuse optical spectroscopy; gold nanoparticle concentration measurement; in vivo murine model; tissue phantoms; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Gold; Imaging phantoms; In vivo; Neoplasms; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Reflectivity; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452484
