Abstract
Nanoparticle based image-guided therapy is an emerging technology for cancer in recent years. Here,we report simultaneous photoacoustic (PA)- and magnetic resonance (MR)-guided photothermal ablation (PTA) therapy using multifunctional superparamagnetic iron oxide-containing gold nanoshells (SPIO@AuNS). Based on the intrinsic high near-infrared optical absorbance and strong magnetic property of SPIO@AuNS, we carried out in vivo dual-modality PA-MR imaging of mouse tumors. PA- and MR-guided imaging can monitor therapeutic effect after photothermal therapy mediated by our multifunctional nanomaterial. In addition, using our pulsed laser PA technique, we also observe a clearer structure of the tumor vasculature after intravenously administration novel dual PA-MRI image-guided PTA therapy provides a promising new platform for cancer diagnosis and treatment simultaneously.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1385-1400 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of biomedical nanotechnology |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Imaging guided therapy.
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Nanoparticles
- Photoacoustic imaging
- Photothermal therapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Biomedical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Pharmaceutical Science
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