Smart nano-systems for tumour cellular diagnoses and therapies

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Volumn 75 LNEE, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-54

  Francesco, Conversano ^a   Antonio, Greco ^a   Sergio, Casciaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cellular imaging; minimally invasive therapies; nanoparticle contrast agents; non ionizing diagnoses

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; CELLULAR IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY; NANOPARTICLE CONTRAST AGENT; THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 78651579759     PISSN: 18761100     EISSN: 18761119     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15687-8_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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