Title :
In vivo luminescence imaging and tomography using upconverting nanoparticles as contrast agents
Author :
Andersson-Engels, Stefan ; Haichun Liu ; Xu, Can T. ; Svenmarker, P. ; Gisselsson, A. ; Kjellman, Pontus ; Andersson, Lars ; in´t Zandt, Rene ; Olsson, F. ; Fredriksson, Sarah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden
Abstract :
Upconverting nanoparticles have recently drawn increasingly attention as contrast agents for optical bioimaging. They enable autofluorescence-free imaging within the tissue optical window, and improved spatial resolution as compared to conventional fluorescence-based contrast agents.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; optical tomography; autofluorescence-free imaging; conventional fluorescence-based contrast agents; luminescence imaging; optical bioimaging; spatial resolution; tissue optical window; tomography; upconverting nanoparticles;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
