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SUBMITTER: Hannah A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3916902 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hannah Alexander A Luke Geoffrey G Wilson Katheryne K Homan Kimberly K Emelianov Stanislav S
ACS nano 20131218 1
Recently, perfluorocarbon (PFC) nanodroplets were introduced as contrast agents for imaging and image-guided therapy. For example, in sonography, high-intensity ultrasound pulses were used to phase-transition liquid perfluorocarbon to produce gas microbubbles. More recently, perfluorocarbon nanodroplets with encapsulated gold nanorods were used as dual ultrasound/photoacoustic contrast agents. To expedite clinical translation, we synthesized and characterized ICG-loaded perfluorocarbon nanodropl ...[more]