Water-Dispersible Ferrimagnetic Iron Oxide Nanocubes with Extremely High r2 Relaxivity for Highly Sensitive in Vivo MRI of Tumors
Nano Letters2012Vol. 12(6), pp. 3127–3131
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Abstract
The theoretically predicted maximum r(2) relaxivity of iron oxide nanoparticles was achieved by optimizing the overall size of ferrimagnetic iron oxide nanocubes. Uniform-sized iron oxide nanocubes with an edge length of 22 nm, encapsulated with PEG-phospholipids (WFION), exhibited high colloidal stability in aqueous media. In addition, WFIONs are biocompatible and did not affect cell viability at concentrations up to 0.75 mg Fe/ml. Owing to the enhanced colloidal stability and the high r(2) relaxivity (761 mM(-1) s(-1)), it was possible to successfully perform in vivo MR imaging of tumors by intravenous injection of 22-nm-sized WFIONs, using a clinical 3-T MR scanner.
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