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A fluorescent, paramagnetic and PEGylated gold/silica nanoparticle for MRI, CT and fluorescence imaging

  • M.M. van Schooneveld
  • , D.P. Cormode
  • , R. Koole
  • , J.T. van Wijngaarden
  • , C. Calcagno
  • , T. Skajaa
  • , J. Hilhorst
  • , D.C. 't Hart
  • , Z.A. Fayad
  • , W.J.M. Mulder
  • , A. Meijerink

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Abstract

An important challenge in medical diagnostics is to design all-in-one contrast agents that can be detected with multiple techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission tomography (SPECT) or fluorescence imaging (FI). Although many dual labeled agents have been proposed, mainly for combined MRI/FI, constructs for three imaging modalities are scarce. Here gold/silica nanoparticles with a poly(ethylene glycol), paramagnetic and fluorescent lipid coating were synthesized, characterized and applied as trimodal contrast agents to allow for nanoparticle-enhanced imaging of macrophage cells in vitro via MRI, CT and FI, and mice livers in vivo via MRI and CT. This agent can be a useful tool in a multitude of applications, including cell tracking and target-specific molecular imaging, and is a step in the direction of truly multi-modal imaging
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-236
Number of pages6
JournalContrast Media & molecular imaging
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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