Mapping light distribution in the brain via MRI

Nat Biomed Eng. 2023 Mar;7(3):199-201. doi: 10.1038/s41551-022-00995-y.

Abstract

Liposomal nanoparticles incorporating photosensitive lipids and enclosing paramagnetic molecules enable the mapping, via magnetic resonance imaging, of spatial variations of light intensity in illuminated brain tissue in living animals.

MeSH terms

  • Brain* / diagnostic imaging
  • Head
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*