Abstract
We demonstrate the detection of iron oxide nanoparticles taken up by macrophages in atherosclerotic plaque with differential phase optical coherence tomography (DP-OCT). Magneto mechanical detection of nanoparticles is demonstrated in hyperlipidemic Watanabe and balloon-injured fat-fed New Zealand white rabbits injected with monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) of <40 nm diam. MIONs taken up by macrophages was excited by an oscillating magnetic flux density and resulting nanometer tissue surface displacement was detected by DP-OCT. Frequency response of tissue surface displacement in response to an externally applied magnetic flux density was twice the stimulus frequency as expected from the equations of motion for the nanoparticle cluster.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 054006 |
Journal | Journal of biomedical optics |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- MIONs
- atherosclerosis
- differential phase optical coherence tomography
- inflammation
- iron oxide nanoparticles
- macrophages
- vulnerable plaque
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Biomaterials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Biomedical Engineering