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Imaging of X-Ray-Excited Emissions from Quantum Dots and Biological Tissue in Whole Mouse

Ryan, SG; Butler, MN; Adeyemi, SS; Kalber, T; Patrick, PS; Zaw Thin, M; Harrison, IF; ... Lythgoe, MF; + view all (2019) Imaging of X-Ray-Excited Emissions from Quantum Dots and Biological Tissue in Whole Mouse. Scientific Reports , 9 , Article 19223. 10.1038/s41598-019-55769-5. Green open access

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Abstract

Optical imaging in clinical and preclinical settings can provide a wealth of biological information, particularly when coupled with targetted nanoparticles, but optical scattering and absorption limit the depth and resolution in both animal and human subjects. Two new hybrid approaches are presented, using the penetrating power of X-rays to increase the depth of optical imaging. Foremost, we demonstrate the excitation by X-rays of quantum-dots (QD) emitting in the near-infrared (NIR), using a clinical X-ray system to map the distribution of QDs at depth in whole mouse. We elicit a clear, spatially-resolved NIR signal from deep organs (brain, liver and kidney) with short (1 second) exposures and tolerable radiation doses that will permit future in vivo applications. Furthermore, X-ray-excited endogenous emission is also detected from whole mouse. The use of keV X-rays to excite emission from QDs and tissue represent novel biomedical imaging technologies, and exploit emerging QDs as optical probes for spatial-temporal molecular imaging at greater depth than previously possible.

Type: Article
Title: Imaging of X-Ray-Excited Emissions from Quantum Dots and Biological Tissue in Whole Mouse
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55769-5
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55769-5
Language: English
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Keywords: Diagnostic markers, Preclinical research
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088454
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