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SUBMITTER: le Masne de Chermont Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1890483 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
le Masne de Chermont Quentin Q Chanéac Corinne C Seguin Johanne J Pellé Fabienne F Maîtrejean Serge S Jolivet Jean-Pierre JP Gourier Didier D Bessodes Michel M Scherman Daniel D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070521 22
Fluorescence is increasingly used for in vivo imaging and has provided remarkable results. Yet this technique presents several limitations, especially due to tissue autofluorescence under external illumination and weak tissue penetration of low wavelength excitation light. We have developed an alternative optical imaging technique by using persistent luminescent nanoparticles suitable for small animal imaging. These nanoparticles can be excited before injection, and their in vivo distribution ca ...[more]