Nanoparticles are generally defined as any particulate material for which at least one
dimension lies in the range of 1− 100 nm. 1− 3 They can exist in various shapes, such as …

In 1988, the first contrast agent specifically designed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
gadopentetate dimeglumine (Magnevist®), became available for clinical use. Since then, a …

Background There are concerns over gadolinium deposition from gadolinium‐based
contrast agents (GBCA) administration. Purpose To reduce gadolinium dose in contrast …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are metals including the 15 lanthanides together with Yttrium
and Scandium. China is the leading country in their exploitation and production (∼ 90%) …

Biomedicine and cell and molecular biology require powerful imaging techniques of the
single molecule scale to the whole organism, either for fundamental science or diagnosis …

Background A number of applications have been developed using rare earth elements
(REE), implying several human exposures and raising unsolved questions as to REE …

By a happy coincidence, the completion of this text coincided with the 200th anniversary of
the discovery of gadolinite, the mineral with which the lanthanide story begins. For a group …

Theranostic nanotherapeutic strategy has been widely emphasized now a day to develop
next-generation nanomedicine. Dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles (DE-Au-NP) have …

Conspectus Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a clinical imaging modality that provides
high-resolution images of soft tissues, including cancerous lesions. Stable gadolinium (III) …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in the
clinic. To improve imaging quality, MRI contrast agents, which can modulate local T 1 and T …