The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures

Light-absorbing nanoparticles can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the thermoelastic emissions from tissue that are used in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and microscopy (PAM). Nanoparticles can be functionalized to selectively target cancer cells and destroy them through the formatio...

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Autores principales: McLaughlan, J, Murray, T, Roy, R
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Publicado: IEEE 2011
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description Light-absorbing nanoparticles can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the thermoelastic emissions from tissue that are used in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and microscopy (PAM). Nanoparticles can be functionalized to selectively target cancer cells and destroy them through the formation of vapour bubbles. It has been shown that heating of the nanoparticles with a laser whilst they are simultaneously under tension from a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) field results in a significant reduction in the optical fluence and acoustic pressure thresholds required for bubble formation. The localised heating from HIFU exposures in tissue is believed to be increased through the presence of bubbles, or specifically inertial cavitation, in the focal region. Thus an ability to nucleate vapour bubbles from nanoparticles using laser light combined with a HIFU field presents a unique opportunity for imaging and therapeutic applications.
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spelling oxford-uuid:acbcf3b7-c8da-4150-b6da-82dee92e22b62022-03-27T03:31:03ZThe use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposuresConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:acbcf3b7-c8da-4150-b6da-82dee92e22b6Symplectic Elements at OxfordIEEE2011McLaughlan, JMurray, TRoy, RLight-absorbing nanoparticles can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the thermoelastic emissions from tissue that are used in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and microscopy (PAM). Nanoparticles can be functionalized to selectively target cancer cells and destroy them through the formation of vapour bubbles. It has been shown that heating of the nanoparticles with a laser whilst they are simultaneously under tension from a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) field results in a significant reduction in the optical fluence and acoustic pressure thresholds required for bubble formation. The localised heating from HIFU exposures in tissue is believed to be increased through the presence of bubbles, or specifically inertial cavitation, in the focal region. Thus an ability to nucleate vapour bubbles from nanoparticles using laser light combined with a HIFU field presents a unique opportunity for imaging and therapeutic applications.
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The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures
title The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures
title_full The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures
title_fullStr The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures
title_full_unstemmed The use of optically activated nanoparticles to enhance controlled lesion formation from high intensity focused ultrasound exposures
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