Ultrasound imaging, one of the common diagnosis techniques, is frequently used since it safe, cost-efficient technique and real-time imaging can be conducted. However, various organs tissues reflect ultrasonic waves, which leads to difficulty in small biomolecules a low spatial resolution for deep-tissue images. As such, there have been significant advances photonics optical molecular probes re...

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, autoimmune, multisystemic disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. Mortality in patients with systemic who present interstitial lung can be multiplied up to 3 times comparison subjects do not it. It estimated that 70-90% of SSc have involvement, mainly the diffuse type. has been proposed high-resolution chest tomography (HRCT) may rol...