Title:Recent Advances in Lanthanide Based Nano-Architectures as Probes for Ultra High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Author(s): Silvanose Biju and Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt*
Affiliation:
- Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven 3001,Belgium
Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging, lanthanide oxide nanoparticles, lanthanide fluoride nanoparticle, upconversion
nanoparticle, micelles, bimodal MRI imaging, ultra-high field MRI.
Abstract: Paramagnetic Lanthanide ions incorporated into nano- architectures are emerging
as a versatile platform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agents due to their
strong contrast enhancement effects combined with the platform capability to include multiple
imaging modalities. This short review examines the application of lanthanide based nanoarchitectures
(nanoparticles and nano- assemblies) in the development of multifunctional
probes for single and multimodal imaging involving high field MRI as one imaging modality.