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PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 1175-1209Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/php.12967
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- UMass Boston-Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Partnership via the NIH [U54CA156734]
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [U54CA156734] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a rapidly growing field which offers high spatial resolution and high contrast for deep-tissue imaging in vivo. PAI is nonionizing and noninvasive and combines the optical resolution of fluorescence imaging with the spatial resolution of ultrasound imaging. In particular, the development of exogenous PA contrast agents has gained significant momentum of late with a vastly expanding complexity of dye materials under investigation ranging from small molecules to macromolecular proteins, polymeric and inorganic nanoparticles. The goal of this review is to survey the current state of the art in molecular photoacoustic contrast agents (MPACs) for applications in biomedical imaging. The fundamental design principles of MPACs are presented and a review of prior reports spanning from early-to-current literature is put forth.
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