Recent advances in contrast-enhanced photoacoustic imaging: overcoming the physical and practical challenges

W Choi, B Park, S Choi, D Oh, J Kim, C Kim - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
For decades now, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has been investigated to realize its potential
as a niche biomedical imaging modality. Despite its highly desirable optical contrast and …

Near infrared photothermal conversion materials: Mechanism, preparation, and photothermal cancer therapy applications

J Li, W Zhang, W Ji, J Wang, N Wang, W Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been widely applied in cancer therapy as a result of its non-
invasive, localized treatment and good therapeutic effect. In general, the final therapeutic …

Chemical design of activatable photoacoustic probes for precise biomedical applications

Y Liu, L Teng, B Yin, H Meng, X Yin, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging technology, a three-dimensional hybrid imaging modality that
integrates the advantage of optical and acoustic imaging, has great application prospects in …

Activatable molecular probes for second near‐infrared fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and photoacoustic imaging

J Huang, K Pu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging plays a crucial role in biomedicine. However, due to strong light scattering
and autofluorescence in biological tissue between 650–900 nm, conventional optical …

Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐developing imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Tumor microenvironment-responsive intelligent nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

F Gong, N Yang, X Wang, Q Zhao, Q Chen, Z Liu… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The design and development of tumor microenvironment (TME)-responsive intelligent
nanoplatforms have attracted increasing interest to enhance the therapeutic effects of drugs …

NIR-II bioimaging of small organic molecule

Y Su, B Yu, S Wang, H Cong, Y Shen - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, people have been actively exploring new imaging methods with high
biological imaging performance because the clinical image definition and depth in vivo …

Targeted contrast agents and activatable probes for photoacoustic imaging of cancer

Z Zhao, CB Swartchick, J Chan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has emerged as a powerful technique for the high resolution
visualization of biological processes within deep tissue. Through the development and …

Organic semiconducting macromolecular dyes for NIR‐II photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

C Yin, X Li, Y Wang, Y Liang, S Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the unique advantages of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and photothermal therapy
(PTT) conducted over the near‐infrared‐II (NIR‐II) window, the development of high …

A tumor microenvironment–induced absorption red-shifted polymer nanoparticle for simultaneously activated photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

S Wang, L Zhang, J Zhao, M He, Y Huang, S Zhao - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Tumor microenvironment–responsive therapy has enormous application potential in the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The glutathione (GSH) level has been shown to be …