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US 2010/0166650 A1Published application
Molecular imaging of living subjects using raman spectroscopy and labeled raman nanoparticles
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorSanjiv S. Gambhir
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Abstract
Methods of imaging a living host using Raman nanoparticles; methods of generating a true image of a living host having been administered Raman nanoparticles; methods of multiplex imaging of a living host using a plurality of Raman nanoparticles; methods of generating multimodality images by combining Raman images with other functional/anatomical images; labeled Raman nanoparticles; and the like, are provided.
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A method of imaging a living host, comprising:
- providing a living host with a first type of Raman nanoparticle;
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- imaging the living host with a Raman imaging system, wherein imaging includes:
- imaging the living host with a Raman imaging system to produce a Raman image;
- and the method further comprising:
- imaging the living host with an anatomical imaging system to produce an anatomical image;
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- combining the Raman image with the anatomical image to form a multimodality image.
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A method of imaging a living host, comprising:
- providing a living host with a first type of Raman nanoparticle;
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- imaging the living host with a Raman imaging system, wherein the Raman nanoparticle is selected from a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticle, a nanotube, a composite organic inorganic nanoparticle (COIN), and a combination thereof.
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