Copper sulfide nanoparticles as a new class of photoacoustic contrast agent for deep tissue imaging at 1064 nm.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an emerging molecular imaging modality. Here, we demonstrate use of semiconductor copper sulfide nanoparticles (CuS NPs) for PAT with an Nd:YAG laser at a wavelength of 1064 nm. CuS NPs allowed visualization of mouse brain after intracranial injection, rat lymph nodes 12 mm below the skin after interstitial injection, and CuS NP-containing agarose gel embedded in chicken breast muscle at a depth of ~5 cm. This imaging approach has great potential for molecular imaging of breast cancer.
Medical subject headings
- Contrast Media
- Copper
- Nanostructures
- Photoacoustic Techniques
- Ultrasonography