In vivo NIR-II fluorescence imaging for biology and medicine

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X-ray-activated persistent luminescence nanomaterials for NIR-II imaging

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Direct vascular channels connect skull bone marrow and the brain surface enabling myeloid cell migration

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<i>J</i> -Aggregates of Cyanine Dye for NIR-II <i>in Vivo</i> Dynamic Vascular Imaging beyond 1500 nm

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In vivo molecular imaging for immunotherapy using ultra-bright near-infrared-IIb rare-earth nanoparticles

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Observing the cell in its native state: Imaging subcellular dynamics in multicellular organisms

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Boosting the down-shifting luminescence of rare-earth nanocrystals for biological imaging beyond 1500 nm

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Donor Engineering for NIR-II Molecular Fluorophores with Enhanced Fluorescent Performance

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Indocyanine Green

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Anti-quenching NIR-II molecular fluorophores for in vivo high-contrast imaging and pH sensing

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Overcoming the energy gap law in near-infrared OLEDs by exciton–vibration decoupling

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Rational Design of Molecular Fluorophores for Biological Imaging in the NIR‐II Window

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NIR-II nanoprobes in-vivo assembly to improve image-guided surgery for metastatic ovarian cancer

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A bright organic NIR-II nanofluorophore for three-dimensional imaging into biological tissues

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Atomic‐Precision Gold Clusters for NIR‐II Imaging

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Bright quantum dots emitting at ∼1,600 nm in the NIR-IIb window for deep tissue fluorescence imaging

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In vivo two-photon microscopy to 1.6-mm depth in mouse cortex

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Review of fluorescence guided surgery systems: identification of key performance capabilities beyond indocyanine green imaging

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Real‐Time and High‐Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation‐Induced Emission Dots in Short‐Wave Infrared Region

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Fluorescence Imaging In Vivo at Wavelengths beyond 1500 nm

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Traumatic Brain Injury Imaging in the Second Near‐Infrared Window with a Molecular Fluorophore

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Tunable Narrow Band Emissions from Dye-Sensitized Core/Shell/Shell Nanocrystals in the Second Near-Infrared Biological Window

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Stable, Wavelength‐Tunable Fluorescent Dyes in the NIR‐II Region for In Vivo High‐Contrast Bioimaging and Multiplexed Biosensing

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Biological imaging without autofluorescence in the second near-infrared region

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Shortwave infrared polymethine fluorophores matched to excitation lasers enable non-invasive, multicolour in vivo imaging in real time

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A hybrid erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin near-infrared probe for multiplexed biomedical imaging

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Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging

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In vivo non-invasive confocal fluorescence imaging beyond 1,700 nm using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

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Fluorescence-amplified nanocrystals in the second near-infrared window for in vivo real-time dynamic multiplexed imaging

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NIR-II bioluminescence for in vivo high contrast imaging and in situ ATP-mediated metastases tracing

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A General Strategy for Development of Activatable NIR‐II Fluorescent Probes for In Vivo High‐Contrast Bioimaging

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Multiplexed NIR‐II Probes for Lymph Node‐Invaded Cancer Detection and Imaging‐Guided Surgery

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Renal‐clearable Molecular Semiconductor for Second Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Kidney Dysfunction

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High-sensitivity imaging of time-domain near-infrared light transducer

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Light-sheet microscopy in the near-infrared II window

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Indocyanine green fluorescence in second near-infrared (NIR-II) window

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Shortwave Infrared in Vivo Imaging with Gold Nanoclusters

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Absorption by water increases fluorescence image contrast of biological tissue in the shortwave infrared

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Rational design of a super-contrast NIR-II fluorophore affords high-performance NIR-II molecular imaging guided microsurgery

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Bioactive NIR-II gold clusters for three-dimensional imaging and acute inflammation inhibition

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NIRII‐HDs: A Versatile Platform for Developing Activatable NIR‐II Fluorogenic Probes for Reliable In Vivo Analyte Sensing

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X-ray-Induced Shortwave Infrared Biomedical Imaging Using Rare-Earth Nanoprobes

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Engineering of Reversible NIR‐II Redox‐Responsive Fluorescent Probes for Imaging of Inflammation In Vivo

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Deep learning for in vivo near-infrared imaging

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Bright Tm3+-based downshifting luminescence nanoprobe operating around 1800 nm for NIR-IIb and c bioimaging

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Incorporation of Planar Blocks into Twisted Skeletons: Boosting Brightness of Fluorophores for Bioimaging beyond 1500 Nanometer

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Polymethine Molecular Platform for Ratiometric Fluorescent Probes in the Second near-Infrared Window

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Phosphorylcholine-conjugated gold-molecular clusters improve signal for Lymph Node NIR-II fluorescence imaging in preclinical cancer models

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Developing a Bright NIR‐II Fluorophore with Fast Renal Excretion and Its Application in Molecular Imaging of Immune Checkpoint PD‐L1

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An Activatable NIR‐II Fluorescent Reporter for In Vivo Imaging of Amyloid‐β Plaques

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A Bright, Renal‐Clearable NIR‐II Brush Macromolecular Probe with Long Blood Circulation Time for Kidney Disease Bioimaging

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Propylenedioxy Thiophene Donor to Achieve NIR-II Molecular Fluorophores with Enhanced Brightness

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Comparing the effective attenuation lengths for long wavelength in vivo imaging of the mouse brain

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NIR‐II Fluorescence Endoscopy for Targeted Imaging of Colorectal Cancer

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High-precision tumor resection down to few-cell level guided by NIR-IIb molecular fluorescence imaging

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Regulatory Aspects of Optical Methods and Exogenous Targets for Cancer Detection

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Aggregation‐Induced Emission (AIE) Nanoparticles‐Assisted NIR‐II Fluorescence Imaging‐Guided Diagnosis and Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

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