Preparation and Photoacoustic Analysis of Cellular Vehicles Containing Gold NanorodsLucia Cavigli 1, Francesca Tatini 1, Claudia Borri 2, Fulvio Ratto 1, Sonia Centi 1, Alberto Cini 3, Beatrice Lelli 4, Paolo Matteini 1, Roberto Pini 1
1Institute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council, 2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 4Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
We show the preparation and address the feasibility of cellular vehicles containing gold nanorods for the photoacoustic imaging of cancer.