Gallium-68 Labeled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with 2,3-Dicarboxypropane-1,1-diphosphonic Acid as a Potential PET/MR Imaging Agent: A Proof-of-Concept Study

The aim of this study was to develop a dual-modality PET/MR imaging probe by radiolabeling iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (IONPs), surface functionalized with water soluble stabilizer 2,3-dicarboxypropane-1,1-diphosphonic acid (DPD), with the positron emitter Gallium-68. Magnetite nanoparticles (...

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Main Authors: Maria-Argyro Karageorgou, Sanja Vranješ-Djurić, Magdalena Radović, Anna Lyberopoulou, Bratislav Antić, Maritina Rouchota, Maria Gazouli, George Loudos, Stavros Xanthopoulos, Zili Sideratou, Dimosthenis Stamopoulos, Penelope Bouziotis, Charalampos Tsoukalas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6951240