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Photoacoustic Drug Delivery

by 1,2, 1,2, 3 and 1,2,3,*
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Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Sensors 2017, 17(6), 1400; https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061400
Received: 15 May 2017 / Revised: 12 June 2017 / Accepted: 13 June 2017 / Published: 15 June 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acoustic Sensing and Ultrasonic Drug Delivery)
Photoacoustic (PA) technology holds great potential in clinical translation as a new non-invasive bioimaging modality. In contrast to conventional optical imaging, PA imaging (PAI) enables higher resolution imaging with deeper imaging depth. Besides applications for diagnosis, PA has also been extended to theranostic applications. The guidance of PAI facilitates remotely controlled drug delivery. This review focuses on the recent development of PAI-mediated drug delivery systems. We provide an overview of the design of different PAI agents for drug delivery. The challenges and further opportunities regarding PA therapy are also discussed. View Full-Text
Keywords: photoacoustic imaging; drug delivery; chemotherapy; photothermal therapy photoacoustic imaging; drug delivery; chemotherapy; photothermal therapy
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Zhang, Y.; Yu, J.; Kahkoska, A.R.; Gu, Z. Photoacoustic Drug Delivery. Sensors 2017, 17, 1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061400

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Zhang Y, Yu J, Kahkoska AR, Gu Z. Photoacoustic Drug Delivery. Sensors. 2017; 17(6):1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061400

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Zhang, Yuqi, Jicheng Yu, Anna R. Kahkoska, and Zhen Gu. 2017. "Photoacoustic Drug Delivery" Sensors 17, no. 6: 1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061400

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