Optical imaging probes, optical imaging systems, methods of optical imaging, and methods of using optical imaging probes

US10517964B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Sanjiv S. Gambhir · Portola Valley, US
• Zhen Cheng · 红钢城街道, CN
• Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli · Chesterfield, US
• Hongguang Liu · Daxi District, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/037
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for radionuclide probes, methods of using the radionuclide probes, methods of detecting an optical signal from radionuclides, methods of detecting an optical signal from a quantum dot(s) that receives optical energy from a radionuclide(s), system for analyzing optical energy emitted by a radionuclide(s), system for imaging a target within a living subject or a sample, methods of imaging a disease or condition, and the like.