• DocumentCode
    505862
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5348688