Nanoparticles for Biological and Medical Imaging

摘要: Nanotechnology has provided considerable promise for the biological and medical fields, especially in the subjects of biological and medical imaging for the last two decades. Here, we outline different nanoparticles to contribute to biological and medical imaging disciplines. These concerned nanoparticles are soft nanoparticles, which are based on biomacromolecule/polymer or organic molecule components, hard nanoparticles that are derived from various inorganic components and hard-soft nanoparticles that are based on both inorganic components and biomacromolecule/polymer or organic molecule ones. We also discuss the imaging modalities in biology and medicine that various nanoparticles became involved in are: (1) optical imaging (OI), (2) computed tomography (CT), (3) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), (4) ultrasonography (USG), (5) positron emission tomography (PET). We will also describe various nanoparticles to serve for one/some of those five modalities in biology and medicine imaging in this review paper.