Optoacoustic imaging of gold nanoparticles targeted to breast cancer cells

Mohammad Eghtedari; Massoud Motamedi; Vsevolod L. Popov; Nicholas A. Kotov; Alexander A. Oraevsky

doi:10.1117/12.534464

12 July 2004 Optoacoustic imaging of gold nanoparticles targeted to breast cancer cells

Mohammad Eghtedari, Massoud Motamedi, Vsevolod L. Popov, Nicholas A. Kotov, Alexander A. Oraevsky

Proceedings Volume 5320, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.534464
Event: Biomedical Optics 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Optoacoustic Tomography (OAT) is a rapidly growing technology that enables noninvasive deep imaging of biological tissues based on their light absorption. In OAT, the interaction of a pulsed laser with tissue increases the temperature of the absorbing components in a confined volume of tissue. Rapid perturbation of the temperature (<1°C) deep within tissue produces weak acoustic waves that easily travel to the surface of the tissue with minor attenuation. Abnormal angiogenesis in a malignant tumor, that increases its blood content, makes a native contrast for optoacoustic imaging; however, the application of OAT for early detection of malignant tumors requires the enhancement of optoacoustic signals originated from tumor by using an exogenous contrast agent. Due to their strong absorption, we have used gold nanoparticles (NP) as a contrast agent. 40nm spherical gold nanoparticles were attached to monoclonal antibody to target cell surface of breast cancer cells. The targeted cancer cells were implanted at depth of 5-6cm within a gelatinous object that optically resembles human breast. Experimental sensitivity measurements along with theoretical analysis showed that our optoacoustic imaging system is capable of detecting a phantom breast tumor with the volume of 0.15ml, which is composed of 25 million NP-targeted cancer cells, at a depth of 5 centimeters in vitro.

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Mohammad Eghtedari, Massoud Motamedi, Vsevolod L. Popov, Nicholas A. Kotov, and Alexander A. Oraevsky "Optoacoustic imaging of gold nanoparticles targeted to breast cancer cells", Proc. SPIE 5320, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing, (12 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.534464

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