Photoacoustic imaging of gold nanorods in the brain delivered via microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound: a tool for in vivo molecular neuroimaging

Laser Physics Letters
Robin K HartmanStanislav Emelianov

Abstract

The protective barriers of the CNS present challenges during the treatment and monitoring of diseases. In particular, the blood brain barrier is a major hindrance to the delivery of imaging contrast agents and therapeutics to the brain. In this work, we use gas microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound to transiently open the blood brain barrier and locally deliver silica coated gold nanorods across the barrier. This particular nanoagent possesses a strong optical absorption which enables in vivo and ex vivo visualization of the delivered particles using ultrasound-guided photoacoustic imaging. The results of these studies demonstrate the potential of ultrasound-guided photoacoustics to image contrast agents delivered via microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound for longitudinal diagnostic imaging and for therapeutic monitoring of neurological diseases.

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Jul 31, 2019·Biomedical Optics Express·Dmitry NevozhayKonstantin V Sokolov
Jul 31, 2019·Biomedical Optics Express·Kristina A Hallam, Stanislav Y Emelianov
Sep 3, 2020·Nanomaterials·Sarkar Siddique, James C L Chow
Jun 14, 2021·Advances in Colloid and Interface Science·Marie Pierre Krafft, Jean G Riess

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