Title :
Quantitative evaluation of nanoshells as a contrast agent for optical coherence tomography
Author :
Agrawal, Anant ; Huang, Stanley ; Pfefer, Joshua ; Lee, Min-Ho ; Drezek, Rebekah
Author_Institution :
Center for Devices & Radiol. Health, Food & Drug Adm., Rockville, MD, USA
Abstract :
We have quantitatively assessed the effectiveness of nanoshells to enhance the quality of optical coherence tomography images. Depending on the scattering characteristics of the sample, nanoshells can increase image signal intensities by 2-5 decibels.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; optical tomography; 2 to 5 dB; contrast agent; image signal intensities; nanoshells; optical coherence tomography; scattering characteristics; Autocorrelation; Biomedical optical imaging; Imaging phantoms; Mie scattering; Nanobioscience; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Resonance light scattering; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202364
