Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 12, Issue 3, 1941004(2019)

Photoacoustic molecular imaging using combined acupuncture and gold nanorods as a composite contrast agent

Dan Wu1...2, Xinxin Zhang1,2, Jian Rong2,3, and Huabei Jiang1,24,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
  • 2Center for Information in Biomedicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, P. R. China
  • 3School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
  • 4Department of Medical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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    Received: Oct. 7, 2018

    Accepted: Mar. 3, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 4, 2019

    The Author Email: Jiang Huabei (hjiang1@usf.edu)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545819410049

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