Facile synthesis of magnetite/perfluorocarbon Co-loaded organic/inorganic hybrid vesicles for dual-modality ultrasound/magnetic resonance imaging and imaging-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation

  • Dechao Niu
  • , Xia Wang
  • , Yongsheng Li*
  • , Yuanyi Zheng
  • , Faqi Li
  • , Hangrong Chen
  • , Jinlou Gu
  • , Wenru Zhao
  • , Jianlin Shi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Multifunctional organic/inorganic hybrid nanovesicles, fabricated by a facile self-assembly/sol-gel approach, display a unique morphology (figure) and satisfactory stability under physiological conditions. By co-encapsulation of superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles and a liquid perfluorocarbon, the nanovesicles can be used not only as a dual-modality ultrasound/magnetic resonance contrast agent for accurate cancer diagnosis and monitoring, but also as a therapeutic enhancement agent for effective high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2686-2692
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume25
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 May 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • HIFU therapy
  • magnetic
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • nanoparticles
  • perfluorocarbons
  • ultrasound
  • vesicles

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