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24 April 2017 Polypyrrole coated phase-change contrast agents for sono-photoacoustic imaging (Conference Presentation)
David S. Li, Soon Joon Yoon, Thomas J. Matula, Matthew O'Donnell, Lilo D. Pozzo
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Proceedings Volume 10064, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017; 100642G (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253381
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States
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A new light and sound sensitive nanoemulsion contrast agent is presented. The agents feature a low boiling point liquid perfluorocarbon core and a broad light spectrum absorbing polypyrrole (PPy) polymer shell. The PPy coated nanoemulsions can reversibly convert from liquid to gas phase upon cavitation of the liquid perfluorocarbon core. Cavitation can be initiated using a sufficiently high intensity acoustic pulse or from heat generation due to light absorption from a laser pulse. The emulsions can be made between 150 and 350 nm in diameter and PPy has a broad optical absorption covering both the visible spectrum and extending into the near-infrared spectrum (peak absorption ~1053 nm). The size, structure, and optical absorption properties of the PPy coated nanoemulsions were characterized and compared to PPy nanoparticles (no liquid core) using dynamic light scattering, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, transmission electron microscopy, and small angle X-ray scattering. The cavitation threshold and signal intensity were measured as a function of both acoustic pressure and laser fluence. Overlapping simultaneous transmission of an acoustic and laser pulse can significantly reduce the activation energy of the contrast agents to levels lower than optical or acoustic activation alone. We also demonstrate that simultaneous light and sound cavitation of the agents can be used in a new sono-photoacoustic imaging method, which enables greater sensitivity than traditional photoacoustic imaging.
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David S. Li, Soon Joon Yoon, Thomas J. Matula, Matthew O'Donnell, and Lilo D. Pozzo "Polypyrrole coated phase-change contrast agents for sono-photoacoustic imaging (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10064, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017, 100642G (24 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253381
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KEYWORDS
Absorption
Acoustics
Cavitation
Liquids
Dynamic light scattering
Pulsed laser operation
Polymers
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