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ArticleBiomedical optics express2015

Review of biomedical Čerenkov luminescence imaging applications.

Kaveh Tanha, Ali Mahmoud Pashazadeh, Brian W Pogue

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Mechanisms for Tuning Engineered Nanomaterials to Enhance Radiation Therapy of Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020
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  13. What scans we will read: imaging instrumentation trends in clinical oncology.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2020
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  15. Recent Advances in Self-Exciting Photodynamic Therapy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kaveh TanhaPersian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran ; k.tanha@razi.tums.ac.ir.
Ali Mahmoud PashazadehPersian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Brian W PogueThayer School of Engineering, Department of Surgery in the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755 USA.

Funding

Fluorescence Imaging to Optimize Cancer TherapyR01CA109558 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI POGUE, BRIAN WILLIAM · 2005 to 2015
$2.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Čerenkov radiation is a fascinating optical signal, which has been exploited for unique diagnostic biological sensing and imaging, with significantly expanded use just in the last half decade. Čerenkov Luminescence Imaging (CLI) has desirable capabilities for niche applications, using specially designed measurement systems that report on radiation distributions, radiotracer and nanoparticle concentrations, and are directly applied to procedures such as medicine assessment, endoscopy, surgery, quality assurance and dosimetry. When compared to the other imaging tools such as PET and SPECT, CLI can have the key advantage of lower cost, higher throughput and lower imaging time. CLI can also provide imaging and dosimetry information from both radioisotopes and linear accelerator irradiation. The relatively short range of optical photon transport in tissue means that direct Čerenkov luminescence imaging is restricted to small animals or near surface human use. Use of Čerenkov-excitation for additional molecular probes, is now emerging as a key tool for biosensing or radiosensitization. This review evaluates these new improvements in CLI for both medical value and biological insight.

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(170.3880) Medical and biological imaging(170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation(350.5610) Radiation

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PMID26309766
PMCPMC4541530

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