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 …

Activatable molecular probes for fluorescence-guided surgery, endoscopy and tissue biopsy

Y Zhang, G Zhang, Z Zeng, K Pu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The real-time, dynamic optical visualization of lesions and margins ensures not only
complete resection of the malignant tissues but also better preservation of the vital …

Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly

LR MacFarlane, H Shaikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

Nanocrystals for Deep-Tissue In Vivo Luminescence Imaging in the Near-Infrared Region

Y Yang, Q Jiang, F Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging technologies have emerged as a powerful tool for both fundamental
research and clinical practice. In particular, luminescence imaging in the tissue-transparent …

Carbon dots: from synthesis to unraveling the fluorescence mechanism

M Alafeef, I Srivastava, T Aditya, D Pan - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) being a new type of carbon‐based nanomaterial have attracted intensive
interest from researchers owing to their excellent biophysical properties. CDs are a class of …

In vivo fluorescence imaging: success in preclinical imaging paves the way for clinical applications

A Refaat, ML Yap, G Pietersz, APG Walsh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Advances in diagnostic imaging have provided unprecedented opportunities to detect
diseases at early stages and with high reliability. Diagnostic imaging is also crucial to …

NIR fluorescence-guided tumor surgery: new strategies for the use of indocyanine green

C Egloff-Juras, L Bezdetnaya, G Dolivet… - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Surgery is the frontline treatment for a large number of cancers. The objective of these
excisional surgeries is the complete removal of the primary tumor with sufficient safety …

[HTML][HTML] Current update on nanoplatforms as therapeutic and diagnostic tools: A review for the materials used as nanotheranostics and imaging modalities

PI Siafaka, NÜ Okur, ID Karantas, ME Okur… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the use of nanotheranostics as emerging diagnostic and therapeutic tools
for various diseases, especially cancer, is held great attention. Up to date, several …

Criteria for the design of tissue-mimicking phantoms for the standardization of biophotonic instrumentation

L Hacker, H Wabnitz, A Pifferi, TJ Pfefer… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
A lack of accepted standards and standardized phantoms suitable for the technical
validation of biophotonic instrumentation hinders the reliability and reproducibility of its …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical spectral imaging

NT Clancy, G Jones, L Maier-Hein, DS Elson… - Medical image …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent technological developments have resulted in the availability of miniaturised spectral
imaging sensors capable of operating in the multi-(MSI) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) …