Dynamic In Vivo X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Gold in Living Mice Exposed to Gold Nanoparticles

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 526-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seongmoon Jung ◽  
Taeyun Kim ◽  
Wooseung Lee ◽  
Hyejin Kim ◽  
Hyun Suk Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
X Ray

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles as smart nanovehicles with enhanced tumour-targeting abilities for intracellular pH mapping and in vivo MR/fluorescence imaging

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2002-2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang-Kang Yu ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
Chun-Yan Lu ◽  
Yong-Mei Xie ◽  
Yan-Hong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Intracellular Ph ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Tumour Targeting ◽  
Tumour Imaging ◽  
Pathological Changes

A number of multimodal agents have been developed for tumour imaging and diagnosis, but most of them cannot be used to study the detailed physiological or pathological changes in living cells at the same time.

scholarly journals Single-cell resolution in high-resolution synchrotron X-ray CT imaging with gold nanoparticles

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schültke ◽  
Ralf Menk ◽  
Bernd Pinzer ◽  
Alberto Astolfo ◽  
Marco Stampanoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
C6 Glioma Cells ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Local Tomography ◽  
The Brain

Gold nanoparticles are excellent intracellular markers in X-ray imaging. Having shown previously the suitability of gold nanoparticles to detect small groups of cells with the synchrotron-based computed tomography (CT) technique bothex vivoandin vivo, it is now demonstrated that even single-cell resolution can be obtained in the brain at leastex vivo. Working in a small animal model of malignant brain tumour, the image quality obtained with different imaging modalities was compared. To generate the brain tumour, 1 × 105C6 glioma cells were loaded with gold nanoparticles and implanted in the right cerebral hemisphere of an adult rat. Raw data were acquired with absorption X-ray CT followed by a local tomography technique based on synchrotron X-ray absorption yielding single-cell resolution. The reconstructed synchrotron X-ray images were compared with images obtained by small animal magnetic resonance imaging. The presence of gold nanoparticles in the tumour tissue was verified in histological sections.

scholarly journals X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 5759
Author(s):  
Arthur Ungerer ◽  
Theresa Staufer ◽  
Oliver Schmutzler ◽  
Christian Körnig ◽  
Kai Rothkamm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Cell Tracking ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation Study ◽  
X Ray ◽  
In Vivo Detection ◽  
Technological Developments

The growing field of cellular therapies in regenerative medicine and oncology calls for more refined diagnostic tools that are able to investigate and monitor the function and success of said therapies. X-ray Fluorescence Imaging (XFI) can be applied for molecular imaging with nanoparticles, such as gold nanoparticles (GNPs), which can be used in immune cell tracking. We present a Monte Carlo simulation study on the sensitivity of detection and associated radiation dose estimations in an idealized setup of XFI in human-sized objects. Our findings demonstrate the practicability of XFI in human-sized objects, as immune cell tracking with a minimum detection limit of 4.4 × 105 cells or 0.86 μg gold in a cubic volume of 1.78 mm3 can be achieved. Therefore, our results show that the current technological developments form a good basis for high sensitivity XFI.

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