Clinical oncology can benefit substantially from imaging technologies that reveal
physiological characteristics with multiscale observations. Complementing conventional …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging technology, a three-dimensional hybrid imaging modality that
integrates the advantage of optical and acoustic imaging, has great application prospects in …

Recent advances of plasmonic nanoparticles include fascinating developments in the fields
of energy, catalyst chemistry, optics, biotechnology, and medicine. The plasmonic …

The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …

Medical microrobots (MRs) have been demonstrated for a variety of non-invasive biomedical
applications, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and assisted fertilization, among …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a promising emerging imaging modality that enables
spatially resolved imaging of optical tissue properties up to several centimeters deep in …

Cancer, as one of the most life-threatening diseases, shows a high fatality rate around the
world. When improving the therapeutic efficacy of conventional cancer treatments …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging holds great promise for preclinical research and clinical
practice. However, most studies rely on the laser wavelength in the first near-infrared (NIR) …

Advantages such as strong signal strength, resistance to photobleaching, tunable
fluorescence emissions, high sensitivity, and biocompatibility are the driving forces for the …

Photoacoustic imaging—a hybrid biomedical imaging modality finding its way to clinical
practices. Although the photoacoustic phenomenon was known more than a century back …