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Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography using upconverting nanoparticles

Xu, Can LU ; Axelsson, Johan LU and Andersson-Engels, Stefan LU (2009) In Applied Physics Letters 94(25).
Abstract
Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (FDOT) can provide important information in biomedical studies. In this ill-posed problem, suppression of background tissue autofluorescence is of utmost importance. We report a method for autofluorescence-insensitive FDOT using nonlinear upconverting nanoparticles (NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+) in a tissue phantom under excitation intensities well below tissue-damage thresholds. Even with the intrinsic autofluorescence from the phantom only, the reconstruction of the nanoparticles is of much better quality than the reconstruction of a Stokes-shifting dye. In addition, the nonlinear power dependence leads to more confined reconstructions and may increase the resolution in FDOT.
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sodium compounds, photoluminescence, phantoms, optical tomography, nanoparticles, nanobiotechnology, biological tissues, fluorescence, thulium, ytterbium, yttrium compounds
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Applied Physics Letters
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94
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25
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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0003-6951
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10.1063/1.3156857
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English
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  author       = {{Xu, Can and Axelsson, Johan and Andersson-Engels, Stefan}},
  issn         = {{0003-6951}},
  keywords     = {{sodium compounds; photoluminescence; phantoms; optical tomography; nanoparticles; nanobiotechnology; biological tissues; fluorescence; thulium; ytterbium; yttrium compounds}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{25}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography using upconverting nanoparticles}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2576122/2370939.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.3156857}},
  volume       = {{94}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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