Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become one of the most widely used and powerful
tools for noninvasive clinical diagnosis owing to its high degree of soft tissue contrast, spatial …

Nanoparticles have several exciting applications in different areas and biomedial field is not
an exception of that because of their exciting performance in bioimaging, targeted drug and …

Ultrasmall nanoparticulate materials with core sizes in the 1-3 nm range bridge the gap
between single molecules and classical, larger-sized nanomaterials, not only in terms of …

Nanomaterials in the size range of 3–50 nm have received increased attention in the last
few decades because they exhibit physical properties that are intermediate to those of …

In recent years, significant progress was achieved in the field of nanomedicine and
bioimaging, but the development of new biomarkers for reliable detection of diseases at an …

Gadolinium (Gd) based contrast agents (CAs)(Gd-CAs) represent one of the most advanced
developments in the application of Gd for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Current …

Nanotechnology has recently allowed us to design and prepare nanoplatforms with the
potential to face currently unresolved problems. Among these platforms, nanoparticles in …

We present an interdisciplinary overview of material engineering and emerging applications
of iron oxide nanoparticles. We discuss material engineering of nanoparticles in the …

Specific contrast agents have been developed for x ray examinations (mainly CT),
sonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Most of them are extracellular agents which …

Ultrasmall paramagnetic Gd2O3 nanoparticles have been developed as contrast agents for
molecular and cellular preclinical MRI procedures. These small particles (mean diameter< 5 …