Gold Nanotubes (IMAGE)

University of Leeds

Gold Nanotubes

Caption

Pulsed near infrared light (shown in red) is shone onto a tumor (shown in white) that is encased in blood vessels. The tumor is imaged by multispectral optoacoustic tomography via the ultrasound emission (shown in blue) from the gold nanotubes.

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Jing Claussen (Ithera Medical, Germany)

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Credit: Jing Claussen (Ithera Medical, Germany)

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