Nanoparticle contrast agents for CT: Their potential and the challenges that lie ahead

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-266

  Cormode, David P ^a   Fayad, Zahi A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; gold; iodine; K edge imaging; molecular imaging; multicolor CT; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH SULFIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CD4 ANTIBODY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPH NODE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTICOLOR COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINARY EXCRETION; X RAY;

EID: 79959444844     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.11.17     Document Type: Review

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