Title :
Magnetic nanoparticles for contrast enhanced infrared thermal imaging
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of superparamagnetic nanoparticles with specific antibodies as contrast agents for tumor detection. Using the same nanoparticles, three different approaches for detection are shown: thermal imaging, acoustic imaging and fluorescence lifetime imaging.
Keywords :
acoustic imaging; bioacoustics; biomedical optical imaging; cancer; fluorescence; infrared imaging; magnetic particles; nanomagnetics; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; superparamagnetism; tumours; acoustic imaging; antibodies; contrast agents; contrast enhanced infrared thermal imaging; fluorescence lifetime imaging; superparamagnetic nanoparticles; tumor detection; Acoustics; Cancer; Fluorescence; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nanoparticles; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
