Polymer vesicles loaded with precipitated gadolinium nanoparticles: A novel target-specific contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Broz, Pavel ^a   Ben Haim, Nadav ^a   Santini, Francesco ^a   Marsch, Stephan ^a   Scheffler, Klaus ^a   Meier, Wolfgang ^b   Hunziker, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical magnetic resonance imaging; Confocal microscopy; Intracellular localization; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; CLINICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONTRAST AGENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONALIZED; GADOLINIUM NANOPARTICLES; HIGH-ELECTRON-DENSITY; IN-VITRO; INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION; MEAN DIAMETER; NANOCARRIERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; POLYMER VESICLE; PORE PROTEINS; RELAXIVITY; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIZE-SELECTIVE; STREPTAVIDIN; SUBCELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TARGET CELLS; WATER-SOLUBLE ENZYMES;

BIOMATERIALS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GADOLINIUM; MEDICINE; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COPOLYMER; GADOLINIUM; NANOPARTICLE; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; POLYMER; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY; TARGET CELL;

EID: 79954500169     PISSN: 16625986     EISSN: 1662596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3884/0002.2.9     Document Type: Article

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