Controlled anti-cancer drug release through advanced nano-drug delivery systems: Static and dynamic targeting strategies

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Nanomaterials as photothermal therapeutic agents

J Chen, C Ning, Z Zhou, P Yu, Y Zhu, G Tan… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curing cancer has been one of the greatest conundrums in the modern medical field. To
reduce side-effects associated with the traditional cancer therapy such as radiotherapy and …

Tether-free photothermal deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice via wide-field illumination in the near-infrared-II window

X Wu, Y Jiang, NJ Rommelfanger, F Yang… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Neural circuitry is typically modulated via invasive brain implants and tethered optical fibres
in restrained animals. Here we show that wide-field illumination in the second near-infrared …

Effect of wavelength and beam width on penetration in light-tissue interaction using computational methods

C Ash, M Dubec, K Donne, T Bashford - Lasers in medical science, 2017 - Springer
Penetration depth of ultraviolet, visible light and infrared radiation in biological tissue has not
previously been adequately measured. Risk assessment of typical intense pulsed light and …

Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

Deep learning in photoacoustic tomography: current approaches and future directions

A Hauptmann, B Cox - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Biomedical photoacoustic tomography, which can provide high-resolution 3D soft tissue
images based on optical absorption, has advanced to the stage at which translation from the …

Drug delivery systems for programmed and on-demand release

P Davoodi, LY Lee, Q Xu, V Sunil, Y Sun, S Soh… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
With the advancement in medical science and understanding the importance of
biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of therapeutic agents, modern drug delivery research …

Optical properties of biological tissues: a review

SL Jacques - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A review of reported tissue optical properties summarizes the wavelength-dependent
behavior of scattering and absorption. Formulae are presented for generating the optical …

Second near‐infrared absorbing agents for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

Y Lyu, J Li, K Pu - Small Methods, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT) provide useful tools for
diagnosis and treatments of diseases. However, current applications of PA imaging and PTT …

Magnetic (hyper) thermia or photothermia? Progressive comparison of iron oxide and gold nanoparticles heating in water, in cells, and in vivo

A Espinosa, J Kolosnjaj‐Tabi… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic hyperthermia (MHT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) are emergent state‐of‐the‐
art modalities for thermal treatment of cancer. While their mechanisms of action have distinct …