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Twisted molecular architecture of BBT dyes enable NIR-II fluorescence for cancer phototheranostics

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A “3+2” Cooperation Pattern of Amphipathic AIE Phototheranostic System for Multimodal Image‐Guided Synergistic Type I/II Photodynamic‐Photothermal Therapy

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NIR-II Navigation with an EGFR-Targeted Probe Improves Imaging Resolution and Sensitivity of Detecting Micrometastases in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Xenograft Models

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NIR-II AIEgens with Photodynamic Effect for Advanced Theranostics

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Dynamically monitoring lymphatic and vascular systems in physiological and pathological conditions of a swine model via a portable NIR-II imaging system with ICG

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Repurposing organic semiconducting nanomaterials to accelerate clinical translation of NIR-II fluorescence imaging

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Dual‐Wavelength Comparative Imaging Based on a Novel NIR‐II/IIb Emissive Rare Earth‐Doped Nanoparticle

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Hyperbranched Polymer Dots with Strong Absorption and High Fluorescence Quantum Yield for In Vivo NIR-II Imaging

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Semi‐Transparent, Pixel‐Free Upconversion Goggles with Dual Audio‐Visual Communication

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A nitroreductase-responsive nanoprobe with homogeneous composition and high loading for preoperative non-invasive tumor imaging and intraoperative guidance

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Unlocking ion Storage Chemistry in Aqueous Batteries via Operando Smartphone Multispectral Techniques

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Nd3+-sensitized multilayered rare-earth nanocrystals with enhanced NIR-IIb luminescence for high resolution optical imaging

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An Intramolecular Rotor-Bridged Dimeric Cyanine Photothermal Transducer for Efficient Near-Infrared II Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Mitochondria-Targeted Phototherapy

Yu, J.-F., Li, J., & Li, M. (2024) · ACS Sensors · doi:10.1021/acssensors.4c00561 · Cited by 16

Ultrasensitive NIR‐II Surface‐Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering Nanoprobes with Nonlinear Photothermal Effect for Optimized Phototheranostics

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Rare earth nanocrystals with enhanced NIR-II luminescence

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The Medical Basis for the Photoluminescence of Indocyanine Green

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Near‐Infrared Fluorophores for Thrombosis Diagnosis and Therapy

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Enhanced drug retention by anthracene crosslinked nanocomposites for bimodal imaging-guided phototherapy

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Second near-infrared (NIR-II) imaging: a novel diagnostic technique for brain diseases

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Engineering nanotheranostic strategies for liver cancer

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A nitroreductase-responsive near-infrared phototheranostic probe for in vivo imaging of tiny tumor and photodynamic therapy

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Estimating dynamic vascular perfusion based on Er-based lanthanide nanoprobes with enhanced down-conversion emission beyond 1500 nm

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Near-infrared probes for luminescence lifetime imaging

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Highly thermal stable RNase A@PbS/ZnS quantum dots as NIR-IIb image contrast for visualizing temporal changes of microvasculature remodeling in flap

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Fibroblast activation protein peptide-targeted NIR-I/II fluorescence imaging for stable and functional detection of hepatocellular carcinoma

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Current and Emerging Fluorescence-Guided Techniques in Glioma to Enhance Resection

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Color-neutral and reversible tissue transparency enables longitudinal deep-tissue imaging in live mice

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Activatable Persistent Luminescence from Porphyrin Derivatives and Supramolecular Probes with Imaging‐Modality Transformable Characteristics for Improved Biological Applications**

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Folic acid functionalized aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles for tumor cell targeted imaging and photodynamic therapy

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Conjugated/nonconjugated alternating copolymers for enhanced NIR-II fluorescence imaging and NIR-II photothermal-ferrotherapy

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Superstable homogeneous lipiodol–ICG formulation: initial feasibility and first-in-human clinical application for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma

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Approved and investigational fluorescent optical imaging agents for disease detection in surgery

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Preclinical assessment of IRDye800CW ‐labeled gastrin‐releasing peptide receptor‐targeting peptide for near infrared‐ II imaging of brain malignancies

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Broadband near-infrared luminescence in the novel Li3Cs2Sr2B3P6O24:Cr3+ phosphor for NIR pc-LED

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Quantum dots boost large-view NIR-II imaging with high fidelity for fluorescence-guided tumor surgery

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Boundarics in Biomedicine

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De Novo Construction of pKa‐Tunable Xanthene Molecules for pH Sensitive Fluorescence Navigation

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Applications of magnetic nanoparticles for boundarics in biomedicine

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A pH-responsive NIR fluorescent probe for precise cancer phototheranostics

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Cross‐Link‐Functionalized Nanoparticles for Rapid Excretion in Nanotheranostic Applications

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Deep learning for rapid virtual H&E staining of label-free glioma tissue from hyperspectral images

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Spatiotemporal Mapping of Lymphatic Metastases in Gastric Cancer Using Tumor-Trackable and Enzyme-Activatable Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanoprobes

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Upconversion Nanoparticle-Delivery Flexible Optrodes for Long-Lasting Multichannel Electrophysiology and Transcranial NIR Optogenetics

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Glutathione‐Responsive Near‐Infrared‐II Fluorescence Probe for Early and Accurate Detection of In Situ and Metastatic Tumors

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Near-Infrared Organic Small-Molecule Fluorophores for Biological System and Organ-Level Imaging of Diseases: Recent Advances

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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle-Based Imaging Agents for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detection

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Optical Imaging of Epigenetic Modifications in Cancer: A Systematic Review

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Hypsochromic Shift Donor–Acceptor NIR-II Dye for High-Efficiency Tumor Imaging

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Appropriate introduction of nitrile groups to balance NIR-II fluorescence imaging with photothermal therapy/photoacoustic imaging

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Activatable probes with potential for intraoperative tumor-specific fluorescence-imaging guided surgery

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Logarithmic total variation regularization via preconditioned conjugate gradient method for sparse reconstruction of bioluminescence tomography

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Engineering aggregates of julolidine-substituted aza-BODIPY nanoparticles for NIR-II photothermal therapy

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Multispectral fluorescence imaging of EGFR and PD-L1 for precision detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a preclinical and clinical study

Jin, N., An, Y., Tian, Y., Zhang, Z., He, K., Chi, C., Mu, W., Tian, J., & Du, Y. (2024) · BMC Medicine · doi:10.1186/s12916-024-03559-w · Cited by 14

WazaGaY: An Innovative Aza-BODIPY-Derived Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe for Enhanced Tumor Imaging

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Unravelling the Labyrinth of Organic Semiconducting Chromophores for Fluorescence Bioimaging beyond 1500 nm

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NIR-II window tracking of hyperglycemia induced intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebral cavernous malformation deficient mice

Parchur, A. K., Fang, Z. H., Jagtap, J. M. M., Sharma, G., Hansen, C., Shafiee, S., Hu, W., Miao, Q., & Joshi, A. (2020) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/d0bm00873g · Cited by 14

Differential Responses of Transplanted Stem Cells to Diseased Environment Unveiled by a Molecular NIR-II Cell Tracker

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Intraperitoneal Injection of Cyanine-Based Nanomicelles for Enhanced Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Surgical Navigation in Abdominal Tumors

Huang, F., Li, Y., Liu, J., Zhang, J., Wang, X., Li, B., Chang, H., Miao, Y., & Sun, Y. (2021) · ACS Applied Bio Materials · doi:10.1021/acsabm.1c00444 · Cited by 14

Recent advances in hepatocellular carcinoma therapeutic strategies and imaging-guided treatment

Du, Y., Liu, D., & Du, Y. (2021) · Journal of drug targeting · doi:10.1080/1061186x.2021.1999963 · Cited by 14

A dual key-and-lock probe for high-fidelity visualizing leather-induced neuroinflammation process via an ICT-TICT integrated ratiometric two-photon platform

Hu, W., Qiang, T., Ren, L., Wang, B., Liang, T., & Li, C. (2022) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110664 · Cited by 14

Optimization of spatial resolution and scattering effects for biomedical fluorescence imaging by using sub‐regions of the shortwave infrared spectrum

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Apoferritin-Engineered Nanoprobe for Tumor-Targeted Triple-NIR Imaging and Phototherapy

Gu, Y., Zhou, Y. C., Wu, Y., Ma, J., Wang, Y., Wang, Q., & Wang, Y. (2021) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00730 · Cited by 14

High‐performance visible and near‐infrared dual‐band photodetector based on anisotropic 2D NbS3 with perpendicularly reversed polarization behaviors

Liu, J., Gan, H., Hao, Q., Meng, F., Gong, Y., Zhu, J., Huang, J., Fei, L., & Zhang, W. (2024) · InfoMat · doi:10.1002/inf2.12625 · Cited by 13

Efficient near-infrared luminescence in a Na 2 CaTi 2 Ge 3 O 12 :Cr 3+ garnet for light-emitting-diode applications

Xu, Y., Lin, X., & Zhong, J. (2025) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/d5tc01230a · Cited by 13

Near‐Infrared Biosensing of Drug‐Induced Cell‐Heterogeneous Injuries with an Ultrahigh Turn‐On Ratio

Hu, X., Yao, C. L., Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Yang, J., Dong, Y., Li, Y., Wang, D., Chen, X., Deng, Y., et al. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202503579 · Cited by 13

Co-delivery of SN38 and SR717 activates cGAS–STING for near-infrared II image-guided chemoimmunotherapy

Hou, X., Ren, C., Zeng, X., Hu, Y., Zhao, Y., Cheng, Y., Luo, Q., Ding, T., Qiao, X., Liao, Y., et al. (2025) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2025.114129 · Cited by 13

Advanced second near-infrared fluorophores for bioapplications

Bai, Q., Yang, Q., Liu, Y., Li, A., Yin, X.-B., & Wu, S. (2025) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2025.217146 · Cited by 14

Lanthanide Core–Satellite Nanoprobes with Dually Activatable Magnetic Resonance and Second Near-Infrared Fluorescence Signals for Perioperative Image-Guided Cancer Surgery

Liu, Y., Huang, J., Zhu, W., & Zhang, Y. (2025) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.5c10319 · Cited by 13

Germanium‐Based Long‐Conjugation Xanthene Fluorophores for Bioimaging in Optimal NIR‐II Sub‐Window

Li, J., Xia, Q., Li, J., Yu, X., Feng, Z., Zhang, Y., Wu, T., Xu, Z., Lin, H. M., & Qian, J. (2025) · Aggregate · doi:10.1002/agt2.70148 · Cited by 13

A Near-Infrared-II Molecular Probe for Early Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury Induced by Diverse Etiologies

Zhu, Y., Yan, D., Zhu, J., Xü, H., Zhang, W., Hou, J., Wang, D., & Tang, B. Z. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c09246 · Cited by 13

Rational synthesis of IR820–albumin complex for NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided surgical treatment of tumors and gastrointestinal obstruction

Feng, X., Cao, Y., Zhuang, P., Cheng, R., Zhang, X., Liu, H., Wang, G., & Sun, S. (2022) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/d2ra00449f · Cited by 13

EDB-FN targeted probes for the surgical navigation, radionuclide imaging, and therapy of thyroid cancer

Li, R., He, H., Li, X., Zheng, X., Li, Z., Zhang, H., Ye, J., Zhang, W., Yu, C., Feng, G., et al. (2023) · European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · doi:10.1007/s00259-023-06147-x · Cited by 13

NIR-II semiconducting polymers for in vivo high-resolution imaging and theranostics

Kang, X., Yin, S., Song, J., Zhang, Y., & Qi, J. (2023) · Sensors & Diagnostics · doi:10.1039/d2sd00234e · Cited by 14

Intraoperative Imaging in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

Husárová, T., MacCuaig, W. M., Dennahy, I. S., Sanderson, E. J., Edil, B. H., Jain, A., Bonds, M., McNally, M. W., Menclová, K., Pudil, J., et al. (2023) · Cancers · doi:10.3390/cancers15143694 · Cited by 13

Topological Single‐stranded DNA Encoding and Programmable Assembly of Molecular Nanostructures for NIR‐II Cancer Theranostics

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Rational design of NIR-II molecule-engineered nanoplatform for preoperative downstaging and imaging-guided surgery of orthotopic hepatic tumor

Pan, Q., Li, K., Kang, X., Li, K., Cheng, Z., Wang, Y., Xu, Y., Li, L., Li, N., Wu, G., et al. (2023) · Journal of Nanobiotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12951-023-02263-w · Cited by 13

Enhancing surgical outcomes: accurate identification and removal of prostate cancer with B7-H3-targeted NIR-II molecular imaging

Tian, Y., Shen, H., Li, L., Jia, X., Liu, J., Hu, Z., Wang, L., & Tian, J. (2024) · European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging · doi:10.1007/s00259-024-06714-w · Cited by 13

Unlocking the NIR‐II AIEgen for High Brightness through Intramolecular Electrostatic Locking

Wang, X., Yang, X., Jiang, G., Hu, Z., Liao, T., Wang, G., Zhang, X., He, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, J., et al. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202404142 · Cited by 13

Advanced NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging Technology for Precise Evaluation of Nanomedicine Delivery in Cancer Therapy

Li, M., Li, T., Wu, F., Ren, F. Z., Xue, S., & Li, C. (2024) · Chemosensors · doi:10.3390/chemosensors12060113 · Cited by 13

Molecular Engineering of Ultrabright Biomimetic NanoGhost for Site‐Selective Tumor Imaging and Biodistribution

Prasad, R., Prerna, K., Temgire, M., Banerjee, P., Kumari, R., Kundu, G. C., Hattila, D., Mangannavar, C. V., Meena, A. S., Gorain, M., et al. (2024) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202401233 · Cited by 14

High-Definition, Video-Rate Triple-Channel NIR-II Imaging Using Shadowless Lamp Excitation and Illumination

Zhang, Y., Peng, S., Guo, J., Li, J., Lu, Z., Wu, T., Chen, L., Liu, W., Feng, Z., Zhang, M., et al. (2025) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c15799 · Cited by 13

Multispectral Imaging for Automated Tissue Identification of Normal Human Surgical Specimens

Shenson, J. A., Liu, G. S., Farrell, J., & Blevins, N. H. (2020) · Otolaryngology · doi:10.1177/0194599820941013 · Cited by 13

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Thermosensitive Liposomes Modified with Membrane Peptides for the Local Chemo/Photothermal Therapy of Melanoma

Li, X., Yang, C., Tao, Y., Hou, X., Liu, Y., Sang, H., & Jiang, G. (2021) · OncoTargets and Therapy · doi:10.2147/ott.s287272 · Cited by 13

Targeted NIR-II emissive nanoprobes for tumor detection in mice and rabbits

Li, Y., Li, Z., Hu, D., Wang, S., Zha, M., Lu, S., Sheng, Z., & Li, K. (2021) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d1cc01804c · Cited by 13

The Development of Nanoparticles for the Detection and Imaging of Ovarian Cancers

Henderson, E. C., Huynh, G. T., Wilson, K., Plebanski, M., & Corrie, S. R. (2021) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines9111554 · Cited by 14

Revealing the sensing mechanism of a fluorescent pH probe based on a bichromophore approach

Zhang, W., Li, Z., Laursen, B. W., & Chen, J. (2022) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/d2cp04339d · Cited by 13

Lutetium‐Based Nanoprobes for Radiosensitization with Immune Microenvironment Remodeling and NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging‐Guided Surgery in Colorectal Cancer

Dang, Y., Liu, X., Zheng, Z., Wang, A., Huang, Y. S., Luo, Z., Tian, H., Li, S., Luo, Q., Wang, P., et al. (2025) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202510136 · Cited by 14

Molecularly Engineered Dual-Lock Activatable NIR-II Fluorogenic Probe for Precision Tumor Resection and Real-Time Chemotherapy Response Monitoring

Lu, J., Song, X., Wang, X., Xu, C., Wang, Y., Xing, Y., Yu, F., & Dou, K. (2025) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5c06362 · Cited by 12

Real-time near-infrared II fluorescence navigation of magnetic nanorobots for image-guided therapy

Dai, Z., Wu, Z., Li, W. J., Xu, S., Xu, D., Xiong, P., Liu, Z., Zhang, C., Qu, L., Liu, L. Q., et al. (2026) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aea5126 · Cited by 12

Two-dimensional NIR-II AIE nanotheranostic probes with ultralarge Stokes shifts for surgical navigation and ablation of glioma

Liu, Y., Su, X., Zhong, Y., Shangguan, P., Zhu, J., Luo, Z., Wu, H., Wang, D., Han, T., Wang, J., et al. (2026) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aeb5389 · Cited by 13

A rationally designed cancer vaccine based on NIR-II fluorescence image-guided light-triggered remote control of antigen cross-presentation and autophagy

Wu, A., Yang, A., Tong, Q., Wei, G., Zhang, S., Yu, S., Zhang, C., Xu, J., & Lü, W. (2022) · Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B · doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2022.11.027 · Cited by 12

NIR-IIb Fluorescence Molecular Tomography of Glioblastomas Based on Heterogeneous Mouse Models and Adaptive Projection Match Pursuit Method

Shi, X., Guo, L., Liu, J., Tian, J., & Hu, Z. (2023) · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1109/tbme.2023.3239735 · Cited by 12

有机近红外二区荧光探针研究进展

Jiahui, 刘. L., Yanqing, 杨. Y., Rui, 马. M., & Kebin, 施. S. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Lasers · doi:10.3788/cjl230819 · Cited by 12

Near-Infrared Absorbing BODIPY-Xanthene Hybrids for Multiplexed Photoacoustic Imaging

Xu, M., Sun, Q., Wang, X., Gao, H., & Liu, Z. (2024) · Organic Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00842 · Cited by 12

Advances in Noninvasive Molecular Imaging Probes for Liver Fibrosis Diagnosis

Chen, S., Zhuang, D., Jia, Q., Guo, B., & Hu, G. (2024) · Biomaterials Research · doi:10.34133/bmr.0042 · Cited by 14

Nanoscale Gambogic Acid Liposomes for NIR-II Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal-Chemo Tumor Therapy

Yang, Y., Chen, K., He, X., Han, H., Li, L., Li, M., & Shen, Q. (2024) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.4c02918 · Cited by 12

CD24-Targeted NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging Enables Early Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia

Guo, X., Luo, S., Wang, X., Cui, Y., Li, M., Zhang, Z., Fu, L., Cao, C., Shi, X., Liu, H., et al. (2024) · Cancer Research · doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-24-0012 · Cited by 12

Advances in Lanthanide‐Based NIR‐IIb Probes for In Vivo Biomedical Imaging

Wu, J., Chen, Z., Xie, Y., & Fan, Y. (2024) · Small Methods · doi:10.1002/smtd.202401462 · Cited by 12

NIR-II fluorescence imaging in liver tumor surgery: A narrative review

Liu, Z., Yan, L., Hu, Q., & Yin, D. (2023) · Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences · doi:10.1142/s1793545823300100 · Cited by 7

Multispectral image-guided surgery in patients

Choi, H. S., & Kim, H. K. (2020) · Nature Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1038/s41551-020-0536-7 · Cited by 65

Surgical Navigation for Malignancies Guided by Near‐Infrared‐II Fluorescence Imaging

Yang, R., Lou, K., Wang, P., Gao, Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, M., Huang, W., & Zhang, G. (2021) · Small Methods · doi:10.1002/smtd.202001066 · Cited by 152

Improving Surgical Resection of Metastatic Liver Tumors With Near-Infrared Optical-Guided Fluorescence Imaging

Barabino, G., Porcheron, J., Michèle Cottier, A., Cuilleron, M., Coutard, J.-G., Berger, M., Molliex, S. B., Beauchesne, B., Phelip, J., Grichine, A., et al. (2015) · Surgical Innovation · doi:10.1177/1553350615618287 · Cited by 17

Fluorescence-guided laparoscopic hepatectomies

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