Image-Guided Photonic Energy Deposition for Cancer Ablation and Drug Delivery

Chun      Li

doi:10.2174/157340512803759848

Abstract

Novel nanoparticles, including various gold nanostructures with intrinsic optical properties can be tuned to have strong absorption in the near-infrared region. These nanoparticles have been shown to be useful for a variety of potential applications in biomedicine, including cancer molecular imaging, photothermal ablation therapy, and controlled drug delivery. In this article, we provide an up-to-date review of these nanoparticles integrating both diagnostic and therapeutic functions, and their applications in image-guided cancer therapy.

Keywords: Nea-Infrared, Gold nanoshells, Nanoparticles, Thermal ablation, Photoacoustic imaging.