Nanoparticles for Enhanced Contrast Optical Coherence Tomography

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2008

Autores

Cesar D Maule (Autor) Outra; Pedro Quaresma (Autor) Outra; Patricia A Carvalho (Autor) Outra; Pedro Jorge (Autor) FCUP; Eulalia Pereira (Autor) FCUP; Carla C Rosa (Autor) FCUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: 1ST CANTERBURY WORKSHOP ON OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND ADAPTIVE OPTICS

1st Canterbury Workshop on Optical Coherence Tomography and Adaptive Optics

Canterbury, ENGLAND, SEP 08-10, 2008

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Física

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ID Authenticus: P-004-54A

DOI: 10.1117/12.818690

Abstract (EN): Recently the area of bioimaging has benefited from new types of image enhancing agents such as quantum dots, carbon nanotubes and other nanoparticles. Cellular or even molecular level resolution has been achieved with different techniques during these last years (i.a. Fluorescence microscopy, PET/CT scan, AFM). Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) as an imaging technique should also profit from newly developed probes. In this work we explored the tunable properties of different types of nanoparticles as contrast enhancers in OCT applications. We mainly studied the development and characteristics of metallic nanoparticles with tunable properties: gold nanoshells made of a silica core coated with a gold shell. Nanoshell and nanoparticles processing techniques are discussed, as well as their optimization for designing particles with specific absorption and scattering characteristics, and its use in OCT imaging.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6