Title :
Using plasmon-resonant gold nanorods as absorption contrast agents for optical coherence tomography
Author :
Wei, Ming ; Qian, Jun ; Zhan, Qiuqiang ; Li, Xin ; Cai, Fuhong ; Gharibi, Arash ; He, Sailing
Author_Institution :
Centre for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
fDate :
Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
Abstract :
Plasmon-resonant gold nanorods were used as high absorption contrast agents for optical coherence tomography (OCT). It is shown that nanorods imaging, with resonance wavelengths overlapping OCT source, can provide more information than conventional OCT images.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; gold; nanobiotechnology; nanostructured materials; optical tomography; surface plasmon resonance; Au; OCT; absorption contrast agent; gold nanorods; optical coherence tomography; plasmon resonance; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Gold; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Plasmons; Resonance light scattering; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
