Optical imaging is a powerful modality in biological discovery. The mainstream of optical
interrogations, however, largely relies on microscopy, which imposes depth limitations on …

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breast cancer
accounting for 2.5% of all breast cancer cases. It is characterized by rapid progression, local …

The determination of the fluorescence quantum yields (QY, Φf) of a series of fluorescent
dyes that span the absorption/excitation and emission ranges of 520− 900 and 600− 1000 …

Conspectus Optical approaches that visualize and manipulate biological processes have
transformed modern biomedical research. An enduring challenge is to translate these …

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging holds great promise for tumor imaging due to low
tissue autofluorescence and deep tissue penetration. However, most tumor-targeting …

Introduction Fluorescence-guided surgery is one of the rapidly emerging methods of surgical
“theranostics.” In this review, we summarize current fluorescence techniques used in …

An optical imaging probe was synthesized by attaching a near-infrared carbocyanine
fluorophore to an affinity group containing two zinc (II) dipicolylamine (Zn-DPA) units. The …

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence cancer imaging is a growing field for both preclinical and
clinical application to the clinical management for cancer patients due to its advantageous …

Nanoparticles which consist of a plasmonic layer and an iron oxide moiety could provide a
promising platform for development of multimodal imaging and therapy approaches in future …

Today's medical imaging technologies are expected to furnish anatomic, physiologic,
molecular, and genomic information for accurate disease diagnosis, prediction of treatment …