Chulhong Kim, Hyon-Min Song, Xin Cai, Junjie Yao, Alexander Wei, Lihong V Wang
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Abstract
Plasmon-resonant nanostars (NSTs) provide excellent contrast enhancement for photoacoustic tomography. The high photoacoustic sensitivity of NSTs at near-infrared wavelengths enable their in vivo detection in rat sentinel lymph nodes and vessels, with direct application toward lymphangiography.