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1 July 2006 Quantitative evaluation of optical coherence tomography signal enhancement with gold nanoshells
Anant Agrawal, Stanley Huang, Alex Wei Han Lin, Min-Ho Lee, Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Rebekah Anna Drezek, Joshua Pfefer
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 041121 (July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2339071
Abstract
Nanoshell-enhanced optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel technique with the potential for molecular imaging and improved disease detection. However, optimization of this approach will require a quantitative understanding of the influence of nanoshell parameters on detected OCT signals. In this study, OCT was performed at 1310 nm in water and turbid tissue-simulating phantoms to which nanoshells were added. The effect of nanoshell concentration, core diameter, and shell thickness on signal enhancement was characterized. Experimental results indicated trends that were consistent with predicted optical properties—a monotonic increase in signal intensity and attenuation with increasing shell and core size. Threshold concentrations for a 2-dB OCT signal intensity gain were determined for several nanoshell geometries. For the most highly backscattering nanoshells tested—291-nm core diameter, 25-nm shell thickness—a concentration of 109 nanoshells/mL was needed to produce this signal increase. Based on these results, we discuss various practical considerations for optimizing nanoshell-enhanced OCT. Quantitative experimental data presented here will facilitate optimization of OCT-based diagnostics and may also be relevant to other reflectance-based approaches as well.
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Anant Agrawal, Stanley Huang, Alex Wei Han Lin, Min-Ho Lee, Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Rebekah Anna Drezek, and Joshua Pfefer "Quantitative evaluation of optical coherence tomography signal enhancement with gold nanoshells," Journal of Biomedical Optics 11(4), 041121 (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2339071
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Optical coherence tomography
Signal attenuation
Backscatter
Gold
Tissues
Scattering
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