DocumentCode
3078443
Title
Plasmonic photothermal therapy of thyroid cancer cells with gold nanorods using thermal image monitoring
Author
Jang, Chi Woong ; Arai, Yoshie ; An, Ji A. ; Jung, Hyun ; Jang, Wonhee ; Jhon, Young Min
Author_Institution
Sensor Syst. Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
fYear
2012
fDate
2-6 July 2012
Firstpage
586
Lastpage
587
Abstract
Thermal images were observed while irradiating a laser beam on thyroid cancer cells treated with gold nanorods submerged in phosphate buffered saline. Cancer cells were found to be dead only in the irradiation area.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; biothermics; cancer; cellular biophysics; gold; infrared imaging; laser applications in medicine; nanomedicine; nanorods; photodynamic therapy; photothermal effects; plasmonics; Au; gold nanorods; laser beam irradiation; phosphate buffered saline; photodynamic therapy; plasmonic photothermal therapy; thermal image monitoring; thyroid cancer cells; Cancer; Gold; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Medical treatment; Radiation effects; Temperature measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location
Busan
ISSN
2166-8884
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN
2166-8884
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276584
Filename
6276584
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