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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2016 May 20;22(14):3432–3439. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0573

Table 1.

Identification of contrast agents detectable using MSOT. Endogenous chromophores and exogenous contrast agents, i.e. organic dyes and nanoparticles, detectable using MSOT.

Endogenous chromophores Organic Dyes Nanoparticles
Oxyhemoglobin Indocyanine Green Gold
Deoxyhemoglobin Methylene Blue Iron Oxide
Melanin CF-750 Silver
HiLite 750 Tungsten
IR-780 Carbon Nanotubes
IR800CW