DocumentCode
979038
Title
Gold nanoparticle distribution monitor for drug delivery system based on optically assisted ultrasonic velocity-change imaging
Author
Horinaka, H. ; Matsunaka, T. ; Nakamura, N. ; Mukaiyama, T. ; Kawakami, S. ; Wada, K. ; Hirano, Y. ; Kojima, C. ; Kono, K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai
Volume
43
Issue
23
fYear
2007
Abstract
Optical absorption images of the tissue mimic phantom including gold nanoparticles were obtained by detecting the ultrasonic velocity-change caused by light irradiation. A series of experimental results showed the possibility as a nanoparticle distribution monitor for the drug delivery system.
Keywords
bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; drugs; gold; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; phantoms; ultrasonic transducers; velocity measurement; Au; drug delivery system; gold nanoparticle distribution monitoring; light irradiation; optical absorption images; optically assisted ultrasonic velocity-change imaging; tissue mimic phantom; ultrasound array transducer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20072106
Filename
4384256
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