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Biologically Responsive Plasmonic Assemblies for Second Near-Infrared Window Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Concurrent Chem-Immunotherapy
摘要： We developed dual biologically responsive nanogapped gold nanoparticle vesicles loaded with immune inhibitor and carried with anticancer polymeric prodrug for synergistic concurrent chemo-immunotherapy against primary and metastatic tumors, along with guided cargo release by photoacoustic (PA) imaging in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window. The responsive vesicle was prepared by self-assembly of nanogapped gold nanoparticles (AuNNPs) grafted with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and dual pH/GSH-responsive polyprodrug poly(SN38-co-4-vinyl pyridine) (termed as AuNNP@PEG/PSN38VP), showing intense PA signal in the NIR-II window. The effect of the rigidity of hydrophobic polymer PSN38VP on the assembly structures and the formation mechanism of AuNNP@SN38 Ve were elucidated by computational simulations. The immune inhibitor BLZ-945 was encapsulated into the vesicles, resulting in pH-responsive release of BLZ-945 for targeted immunotherapy, followed by the dissociation of the vesicles into single AuNNP@PEG/PSN38VP. The hydrophilic AuNNP@PEG/PSN38VP nanoparticles could penetrate deep into the tumor tissues, and release the anticancer drug SN38 under the reductive environment. PA signal in the NIR-II window in the deep tumor region was obtained. The BLZ-945 loaded vesicle enabled enhanced PA imaging-guided concurrent chemo-immunotherapy efficacy, inhibiting the growth of both primary tumors and metastatic tumors.
关键词： the second NIR window,amphiphilic nanogapped gold nanoparticles,polymeric prodrug,chemo-immunotherapy,photoacoustic imaging
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Quantitative analysis on <i>in vivo</i> tumor-microvascular images from optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy
摘要： Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) has been shown to be an excellent imaging modality for monitoring and study of tumor microvasculature. However, previous studies focused mainly on the normal tissues and did not quantify the tumor microvasculature. In this study, we present an in vivo OR-PAM imaging of the melanomas and hepatoma implanted in the mouse ear. We quantify the vessel growth by extracting the skeletons of both dense and thin branches of the tumor microvasculature obtained by Hessian matrix enhancement followed by improved two-step multistencils fast marching method. Compared to the previous methods of using OR-PAM for normal tissues, our method was more effective in extracting the binary vascular network in the tumor images and in obtaining the complete and continuous microvascular skeleton maps. Our demonstration of using OR-PAM in improving microvasculature of tumors and quantification of tumor growth would push deep this technology for the early diagnosis and treatment of cancers.
关键词： photoacoustic imaging,tumor neovascular network,quantitative analysis,optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Optical coherence tomography angiography and photoacoustic imaging in dermatology
摘要： Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a relatively novel functional extension of the widely accepted ophthalmic imaging tool named optical coherence tomography (OCT). Since OCTA’s debut in ophthalmology, researchers have also been trying to expand its translational application into dermatology. The ability of OCTA in resolving microvasculature has shown promising results in imaging skin diseases. Meanwhile, photoacoustic imaging (PAI), which uses laser pulse induced ultrasound waves as the signal, has been studied to differentiate human skin layers and to help skin disease diagnosis. This perspective article gives a short review of OCTA and PAI in the field of photodermatology. After an introduction of the principles of OCTA and PAI, we describe the most updated results of skin disease imaging using these two optical imaging modalities. We also put an emphasis on dual modality imaging combining OCTA and photoacoustic tomography (PAT) for dermatological applications. In the end, the challenges and opportunities of these two imaging modalities in dermatology are discussed.
关键词： microvasculature,dermatology,Optical coherence tomography angiography,photoacoustic imaging,skin imaging
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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NIR organic dyes based on phenazine-cyanine for photoacoustic imaging-guided photothermal therapy
摘要： As non-invasive diagnosis and therapy methods, photoacoustic (PA) imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT) have attracted extensive attention. Herein, two new acceptor–donor–acceptor near-infrared organic phenazine-cyanine dyes PH-1 and PH-2 were reported for photoacoustic imaging-guided photodynamic therapy. In the strong donor phenazine molecule, the electron-withdrawing indole salt unit was introduced for absorption to the near-infrared region. To improve water solubility, the two organic dyes were assembled with human serum albumin (HSA) to form nanoparticles of appropriate sizes, i.e., PH-1@HSA and PH-2@HSA, which showed excellent stability in both weakly acidic and weakly basic environments. Moreover, the results showed that PH-1@HSA and PH-2@HSA nanoparticles can effectively transform luminous energy to thermal energy in vitro and in vivo, and they can be utilized for PA imaging. Importantly, PH-1@HSA can accumulate in mice subcutaneous tumors by enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) and damage cancer tissues effectively.
关键词： NIR organic dyes,phenazine-cyanine,nanoparticles,photoacoustic imaging,photothermal therapy
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Optimized light delivery probe using ball lenses for co-registered photoacoustic and ultrasound endo-cavity subsurface imaging
摘要： An optimized hand-held photoacoustic and ultrasound probe suitable for endo-cavity tumor subsurface imaging was designed and evaluated. Compared to previous designs, the prototype probe, consisting of four 1 mm multi-mode optical fibers attached with 1.5 mm diameter ball-shaped fiber tips sandwiched between a transvaginal ultrasound transducer and a custom-made sheath, demonstrated a higher light output and better beam homogeneity on tissue subsurface. The output power and fluence profile were simulated for different design parameters. A camera recorded fluence profiles through calibrated intralipid solution at various imaging depths. The light delivery efficiency was experimentally compared with and without the ball lenses, based on ex-vivo imaging of human colorectal cancer and in-vivo imaging of a palmar vein proximal to the human wrist. The simulations and experiments demonstrated that ball-shaped fiber tip design can achieve homogeneous fluence distribution on tissue subsurface with acceptable light output efficiency, suggesting its clinical potential for in-vivo endo-cavity imaging.
关键词： Ball-shaped fiber tip,Photoacoustic imaging,Adenocarcinoma,Optimized light delivery probe
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Azacalixphyrins as NIR photoacoustic contrast agents
摘要： Near-infrared (NIR) azacalixphyrins bearing aryl substituents strongly impacting the physico-chemical properties of the macrocycles were designed, enabling hyperchromic and bathochromic shifts of the absorption compared to their N-alkylated analogues. This engineering enhances the photoacoustic response under NIR excitation, making azacalixphyrins promising organic contrast agents that reach the 800–1000 nm range.
关键词： contrast agents,organic chromophores,photoacoustic imaging,NIR,azacalixphyrins
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Photoacoustic imaging of gold nanorods in the brain delivered via microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound: a tool for <i>in vivo</i> molecular neuroimaging
摘要： The protective barriers of the CNS present challenges during the treatment and monitoring of diseases. In particular, the blood brain barrier is a major hindrance to the delivery of imaging contrast agents and therapeutics to the brain. In this work, we use gas microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound to transiently open the blood brain barrier and locally deliver silica coated gold nanorods across the barrier. This particular nanoagent possesses a strong optical absorption which enables in vivo and ex vivo visualization of the delivered particles using ultrasound-guided photoacoustic imaging. The results of these studies demonstrate the potential of ultrasound-guided photoacoustics to image contrast agents delivered via microbubble-assisted focused ultrasound for longitudinal diagnostic imaging and for therapeutic monitoring of neurological diseases.
关键词： focused ultrasound,blood brain barrier opening,nanoparticles,ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Rod-based urchin-like hollow microspheres of Bi2S3: Facile synthesis, photo-controlled drug release for photoacoustic imaging and chemo-photothermal therapy of tumor ablation
摘要： Hollow nanostructures have been evoked considerable attention owing to their intriguing hollow interior for important and potential applications in drug delivery, lithium battery, catalysis and etc. Herein, Bi2S3 hollow microspheres with rod-based urchin-like nanostructures (denoted as U-BSHM) were synthesized through a facile and rapid ion exchanging method using a particular hard template. The growth mechanism of the U-BSHM has been investigated and illustrated by the morphological evolution of the different samples at early stages. The obtained U-BSHM exhibited strong and wide UV-vis-NIR absorption ability and outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency. Thus, the U-BSHM can be used as spatio-temporal precisely controlled carrier by loading the mixture of 1-tetradecanol (phase change material, PCM) with melting point around 38 oC and hydrophilic chemotherapeutic doxorubicin hydrochloride (denoted as DOX) into the hollow interior to form (PCM+DOX)@Bi2S3 nanocomposites (denoted as PD@BS) for photoacoustic (PA) imaging and chemo-photothermal therapy of the tumors. When exposed to 808 nm near infrared light (NIR) laser irradiation, this nanocomposites could elevate the temperature of the surroundings by absorption and conversion of the NIR photons into heat energy, which inducing the triggered release of DOX from the hollow interior once the temperature reach up to the melting point of PCM. The killing efficiency of the chemo-photothermal therapy was systematically validated both in vitro and in vivo. In the meanwhile, the implanted tumor was completely restrained through PA imaging and combined therapies. Therefore, this kind of urchin-like hollow nanostructures would be used as important candidates for the multimodal bioimaging and therapy of tumors.
关键词： chemo-photothermal therapy,sacrificed template method,photo-controlled drug release,photoacoustic imaging,Bi2S3
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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An Economic Photoacoustic Imaging Platform using Automatic Laser Synchronization and Inverse Beamforming
摘要： We present a proof-of-concept of an automatic integration of photoacoustic (PA) imaging on clinical ultrasound (US) imaging platforms. Here we tackle two critical challenges: the laser synchronization and the inaccessibility to the beamformer core embedded in commercial US imaging platform. In particular, the line trigger frequency (LTF) estimation and the asynchronous synthetic aperture inverse beamforming (ASAIB) were developed and evaluated in both k-Wave simulation and phantom experiment. The proposed method is an economical solution to enable PA imaging on a greater number of US equipment to further thrive the PA imaging research community.
关键词： asynchronous,inverse beamforming,Photoacoustic imaging
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Recent Progress on Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging: Imaging Modality and Organic Semiconducting Agents
摘要： 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.
关键词： photoacoustic imaging,near-infrared,contrast agents,organic semiconductors
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59