Chemistry of MRI contrast agents: current challenges and new frontiers

J Wahsner, EM Gale, A Rodríguez-Rodríguez… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tens of millions of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams are
performed annually around the world. The contrast agents, which improve diagnostic …

Engineering of inorganic nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

D Ni, W Bu, EB Ehlerding, W Cai, J Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly valuable non-invasive imaging tool owing to
its exquisite soft tissue contrast, high spatial resolution, lack of ionizing radiation, and wide …

Detecting and monitoring hydrogels with medical imaging

YC Dong, M Bouche, S Uman, JA Burdick… - ACS biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels, water-swollen polymer networks, are being applied to numerous biomedical
applications, such as drug delivery and tissue engineering, due to their potential tunable …

Coordination-triggered hierarchical folate/zinc supramolecular hydrogels leading to printable biomaterials

K Liu, S Zang, R Xue, J Yang, L Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Printable hydrogels desired in bioengineering have extremely high demands on
biocompatibility and mechanic strength, which can hardly be achieved in conventional …

High relaxivity Gd (III)–DNA gold nanostars: Investigation of shape effects on proton relaxation

MW Rotz, KSB Culver, G Parigi, KW MacRenaris… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Gadolinium (III) nanoconjugate contrast agents (CAs) have distinct advantages over their
small-molecule counterparts in magnetic resonance imaging. In addition to increased Gd (III) …

Synthetic plant virology for nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine

JFC Steele, H Peyret, K Saunders… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding field seeking to utilize nano‐scale structures for a
wide range of applications. Biologically derived nanostructures, such as viruses and virus …

Enhancing T1 magnetic resonance imaging contrast with internalized gadolinium(III) in a multilayer nanoparticle

VS Marangoni, O Neumann, L Henderson… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications have shown extraordinary potential
as contrast agents in various bioimaging modalities, near-IR photothermal therapy, and for …

Plant virus-based materials for biomedical applications: Trends and prospects

S Eiben, C Koch, K Altintoprak, A Southan… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials composed of plant viral components are finding their way into medical
technology and health care, as they offer singular properties. Precisely shaped, tailored …

Tobacco mosaic virus-based protein nanoparticles and nanorods for chemotherapy delivery targeting breast cancer

MA Bruckman, AE Czapar, A VanMeter… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Drug delivery systems are required for drug targeting to avoid adverse effects associated
with chemotherapy treatment regimes. Our approach is focused on the study and …

Hybrid, metal oxide-peptide amphiphile micelles for molecular magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerosis

C Poon, J Gallo, J Joo, T Chang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Atherosclerosis, a major source of cardiovascular disease, is asymptomatic for
decades until the activation of thrombosis and the rupture of enlarged plaques, resulting in …