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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2020

Photoacoustic imaging of cells in a three-dimensional microenvironment.

Wei-Wen Liu, Pai-Chi Li

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Visualizing Singularity Phenomenon.Biophysics and physicobiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Wei-Wen LiuGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pai-Chi LiGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. paichi@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7603-7852

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 106-2221-E-002-001National Health Research Institutes NHRI-EX107-10624EI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging live cells in a three-dimensional (3D) culture system yields more accurate information and spatial visualization of the interplay of cells and the surrounding matrix components compared to using a two-dimensional (2D) cell culture system. However, the thickness of 3D cultures results in a high degree of scattering that makes it difficult for the light to penetrate deeply to allow clear optical imaging. Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a powerful imaging modality that relies on a PA effect generated when light is absorbed by exogenous contrast agents or endogenous molecules in a medium. It combines a high optical contrast with a high acoustic spatiotemporal resolution, allowing the noninvasive visualization of 3D cellular scaffolds at considerable depths with a high resolution and no image distortion. Moreover, advances in targeted contrast agents have also made PA imaging capable of molecular and cellular characterization for use in preclinical personalized diagnostics or PA imaging-guided therapeutics. Here we review the applications and challenges of PA imaging in a 3D cellular microenvironment. Potential future developments of PA imaging in preclinical applications are also discussed.

Indexed as

Contrast MediaDiagnostic Tests, RoutineOptical ImagingPhotoacoustic TechniquesTumor Cells, CulturedContrast MediaBiomedical imagingPhotoacoustic imagingThree-dimensional cell cultureTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID31948442
PMCPMC6966874

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