Nanomaterials have gained tremendous significance as contrast agents for both anatomical and functional preclinical bio-imaging. Contrary to conventional medical practices, molecular imaging plays an important role in exploring the affected cells, thus providing precision medical solutions. It has been observed that incorporating nanoprobes improves the overall efficacy of the diagnosis and tre...

non-invasive ultrasound surgeries such as high intensity focused ultrasound have been developed to treat tumors or to stop bleeding. in this technique, incorporation of a suitable imaging modality to monitor and control the treatments is essential so several imaging methods such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound imaging have been proposed to monitor the induced thermal lesions...

Optoacoustic imaging emerged in early 1990s as a new biomedical imaging technology that generates images by illuminating tissues with short laser pulses and detecting resulting ultrasound waves. This technique takes advantage of the spectroscopic approach to molecular imaging, and delivers high-resolution images in the depth of tissue. Resolution of the optoacoustic imaging is scalable, so that...

Development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents that can be readily applied for imaging of biological tissues under clinical settings is a challenging task. This is predominantly due to the expectation of an ideal MR agent being able to be synthesized in large quantities, possessing longer shelf life, reasonable biocompatibility, tolerance against its aggregation in biological f...

Cancer is still among the leading health issues today, considering cost, effectiveness, complexity of detection/treatment modalities and survival rates. One most important criteria for higher rates early sensitive diagnosis disease that can direct treatment effectively. Florescence imaging agents emerged as an alternative due to current state art their spatial temporal resolution, high sensitiv...

Functional imaging of the human tissues has traditionally been performed using intravenous injection of radiotracers in the field of Nuclear Medicine. Quantitative assessment of the tracer concentration distribution across the body is the key for functional study of the tissues. Achieving high spatial resolution is the major task in developing the imaging modalities. This article reviews the cu...

The advent of recent advances in near-infrared laser diodes and fast electro-optic detection has spawned a new research field of diagnostic spectroscopy and imaging based on targeting and reporting exogenous fluorescent agents. This review seeks to concisely address the physics, instrumentation, advancements in tomography, and near-infrared fluorescent contrast agent development that promises s...

Over the past few years, engineered inorganic nanoparticles have been studied, researched, and applied extensively in biomedical field because resultant platforms increase usage of for particular theranostic applications. The innovation such nanosystems has potential to develop a mode that integrates both diagnosis treatment diseases system via combinatorial approaches imaging, targeting, thera...