Image-Guided Photonic Energy Deposition for Cancer Ablation and Drug Delivery

Chun      Li

Abstract

Novel nanoparticles, including various gold nanostructures with intrinsic optical properties can be tuned to have strong absorption in the near-infrared region. These nanoparticles have been shown to be useful for a variety of potential applications in biomedicine, including cancer molecular imaging, photothermal ablation therapy, and controlled drug delivery. In this article, we provide an up-to-date review of these nanoparticles integrating both diagnostic and therapeutic functions, and their applications in image-guided cancer therapy.

Keywords: Nea-Infrared, Gold nanoshells, Nanoparticles, Thermal ablation, Photoacoustic imaging.

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