Silicon-based micro- and nanoparticles have gained popularity in a wide range of biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability in vivo, as well as their flexible surface chemistry, which allows drug loading, functionalization and targeting. Here, we report direct in vivo imaging of hyperpolarized 29Si nuclei in silicon particles by magnetic resonance imaging. Natural physical properties of silicon provide surface electronic states for dynamic nuclear polarization, extremely long depolarization times, insensitivity to the in vivo environment or particle tumbling, and surfaces favourable for functionalization. Potential applications to gastrointestinal, intravascular and tumour perfusion imaging at subpicomolar concentrations are presented. These results demonstrate a new background-free imaging modality applicable to a range of inexpensive, readily available and biocompatible silicon particles.
Strategies for rapid in vivo 1H and hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging
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Strategies for rapid in vivo 1H and hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging
Nelson, S.J., et al., Strategies for rapid in vivo 1H and hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging. J. Magn. Reson., 2013. 229(0): p. 187-197.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.003
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Metabolic response of glioma to dichloroacetate measured in vivo by hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
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Metabolic response of glioma to dichloroacetate measured in vivo by hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
Park, J.M., et al., Metabolic response of glioma to dichloroacetate measured in vivo by hyperpolarized 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Neuro-Oncology, 2013. 15(4): p. 433-41.
http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/01/16/neuonc.nos319.abstract
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[NMR paper] Design of a novel class of protein-based magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents for the molecular imaging of cancer biomarkers.
Design of a novel class of protein-based magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents for the molecular imaging of cancer biomarkers.
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Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2013 Jan 17;
Authors: Xue S, Qiao J, Pu F, Cameron M, Yang JJ
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