OPTICAL IMAGING CONTRAST AGENT, USE AND DEVICE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to an optical imaging contrast agent, the use and a device thereof. The optical imaging contrast agent of the present invention does not need to comprise a separate fluorescent material or luminescent material to emit light, and can thus acquire an optical image without changing the physicochemical properties of an original molecule. The optical imaging contrast agent of the present invention can be used as an optical/nuclear medical dual imaging contrast agent in many cases, and enables the effects of treatment to be monitored from optical images concurrently with radiotherapy. In addition, when linked with a fluorescent material, the optical imaging contrast agent of the present invention can emit light from the fluorescent material with energy independently generated from the optical contrast agent without being supplied with energy from outside, and thus allows the amount of light to be increased and the tissue permeability to be enhanced.