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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
We describe hybrid nanoparticles, composed of iron oxide and gold nanoparticles, as potential dual contrast agents for both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The hybrid nanoparticles are synthesized by thermal decomposition of mixtures of Fe-oleate and Au-oleylamine complexes. Using a nano-emulsion method, the nanoparticles are coated with amphiphilic poly(DMA-r-mPEGMA-r-MA) to impart water-dispersity and antibiofouling properties. An in vitro phantom study shows that the hybrid nanoparticles have high CT attenuation, because of the constituent gold nanoparticles, and afford a good MR signal, attributable to the contained iron oxide nanoparticles. Intravenous injection of the hybrid nanoparticles into hepatoma-bearing mice results in high contrast between the hepatoma and normal hepatic parenchyma in both CT and MRI. These results suggest that the hybrid nanoparticles may be useful as CT/MRI dual contrast agents for in vivo hepatoma imaging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1361-6528
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155101
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Amines, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Gold, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Light, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Liver Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Magnetite Nanoparticles, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Metal Nanoparticles, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Methacrylates, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Particle Size, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Polymers, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Scattering, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Spectrophotometry, pubmed-meshheading:21389582-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Amphiphilic polymer-coated hybrid nanoparticles as CT/MRI dual contrast agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Dynamics Research Center, Research Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 261 Chemdan-gwagiro, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't