title: Ratiometric photoacoustic sensing of pH using a "sonophore".
abstract: This work describes ratiometric photoacoustic chemical sensing of pH, and describes how these measurements can be applied as a ratiometric biomedical imaging modality to image pH in intact biological tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Gwangseong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Raoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kopelman
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes