Abstract
This paper presents a new method for cancer detection based on diffusion refection measurements. This method enables discrimination between cancerous and noncancerous tissues due to the intense light absorption of gold nanorods (GNRs), which are selectively targeted to squamous cell carcinoma head and neck cancer cells. Presented in this paper are tissue-like phantom and in vivo results that demonstrate the high sensitivity of diffusion refection measurements to the absorption differences between the GNR-targeted cancerous tissue and normal, noncancerous tissue. This noninvasive and nonionizing optical detection method provides a highly sensitive, simple, and inexpensive tool for cancer detection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 449-455 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal of Nanomedicine |
| Volume | 7 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- EGFR targeted
- Molecular imaging
- Nanoparticles
- Tissues' optical properties
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Drug Discovery
- Bioengineering
- Biophysics
- Biomaterials
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Organic Chemistry
