reviewNanomedicineJan 1, 2015GREEN OA

Gold Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Imaging

WLWanwan LiXCXiaoyuan Chen

Shanghai Jiao Tong University · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

PubMed
Indexed incrossrefpubmed

Abstract

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a biomedical imaging modality that provides functional information regarding the cellular and molecular signatures of tissue by using endogenous and exogenous contrast agents. There has been tremendous effort devoted to the development of PA imaging agents, and gold nanoparticles as exogenous contrast agents have great potential for PA imaging due to their inherent and geometrically induced optical properties. The gold-based nanoparticles that are most commonly employed for PA imaging include spheres, rods, shells, prisms, cages, stars and vesicles. This article provides an overview of the current state of research in utilizing these gold nanomaterials for PA imaging of cancer,…

Citation impact

611
total citations
FWCI
28.00
Percentile
100%
References
141
Citations per year

Authors

2

Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Colloidal gold
  • Photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine
  • Nanotechnology
  • Materials science
  • Nanoparticle
  • Molecular imaging
  • Nanomaterials
  • Modality (human–computer interaction)
No related works found for this paper.

Funding