Recent Progress on Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging: Imaging Modality and Organic Semiconducting Agents
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School of Polymer Science and Engineering & Alan G. MacDiarmid Energy Research Institute, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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Interdisciplinary Program of Molecular Medicine, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hwasun Hospital, 264, Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do 58128, Korea
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Polymers 2019, 11(10), 1693; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101693
Received: 4 October 2019
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Accepted: 15 October 2019
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Published: 16 October 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conductive Polymers III)
Over the past few decades, the photoacoustic (PA) effect has been widely investigated, opening up diverse applications, such as photoacoustic spectroscopy, estimation of chemical energies, or point-of-care detection. Notably, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has also been developed and has recently received considerable attention in bio-related or clinical imaging fields, as it now facilitates an imaging platform in the near-infrared (NIR) region by taking advantage of the significant advancement of exogenous imaging agents. The NIR PAI platform now paves the way for high-resolution, deep-tissue imaging, which is imperative for contemporary theragnosis, a combination of precise diagnosis and well-timed therapy. This review reports the recent progress on NIR PAI modality, as well as semiconducting contrast agents, and outlines the trend in current NIR imaging and provides further direction for the prospective development of PAI systems.
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Jung, D.; Park, S.; Lee, C.; Kim, H. Recent Progress on Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging: Imaging Modality and Organic Semiconducting Agents. Polymers 2019, 11, 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101693
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Jung D, Park S, Lee C, Kim H. Recent Progress on Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging: Imaging Modality and Organic Semiconducting Agents. Polymers. 2019; 11(10):1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101693
Chicago/Turabian StyleJung, Doyoung, Suhyeon Park, Changho Lee, and Hyungwoo Kim. 2019. "Recent Progress on Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging: Imaging Modality and Organic Semiconducting Agents" Polymers 11, no. 10: 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101693
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