RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multimodality imaging in nanomedicine and nanotheranostics
JF Cancer Biology and Medicine
JO Cancer Biol Med
FD China Anti-Cancer Association
SP 339
OP 348
DO 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0055
VO 13
IS 3
A1 Xue Li
A1 Xue-Ning Zhang
A1 Xiao-Dong Li
A1 Jin Chang
YR 2016
UL http://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/13/3/339.abstract
AB Accurate diagnosis of tumors needs much detailed information. However, available single imaging modality cannot provide complete or comprehensive data. Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology to medicine, and multimodality imaging based on nanoparticles has been receiving extensive attention. This new hybrid imaging technology could provide complementary information from different imaging modalities using only a single injection of contrast agent. In this review, we introduce recent developments in multifunctional nanoparticles and their biomedical applications to multimodal imaging and theragnosis as nanomedicine. Most of the reviewed studies are based on the intrinsic properties of nanoparticles and their application in clinical imaging technology. The imaging techniques include positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, and ultrasound imaging.