Nanoplatform-Based Molecular Imaging

Book Preface

This book focuses on the rational design of water-soluble, biocompatible nanoparticles for the visualization of the cellular function and follow-up of the molecular processes in living organisms without perturbing them. Molecular imaging probes based on nanotechnology hold great potential in diagnosis, imaging guided intervention, and treatment response monitoring of diseases. This book is logically organized by including the basics of molecular imaging, general strategies of particle synthesis and surface chemistry, applications in computed tomography (CT), optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, multimodality imaging, and theranostics, and finally clinical perspectives of nanoimaging. This comprehensive title provides expert opinions on the latest developments in molecular imaging using nanoparticles. This book consists of 32 chapters and was contributed by nearly 100 authors worldwide, who are among the world’s prominent scientists in material science and/or molecular imaging.

Contents:

Part I Basics Of Molecular Imaging And Nanobiotechnology

Part Ii Nanoparticles For Single Modality Molecular Imaging

Partiii Nanoparticle Platforms As Multimodality Imaging And Therapy Agents

Partiv Translational Nanomedicine