DocumentCode
2987180
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
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
2049
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202364
Filename
1573430
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