• 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