Aliphatic polyesters for medical imaging and theranostic applications

Quantum Dots for Live Cells, in Vivo Imaging, and Diagnostics

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Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, stabilization, vectorization, physicochemical characterizations and biological applications

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The return of a forgotten polymer—Polycaprolactone in the 21st century

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In Vivo Imaging of Quantum Dots Encapsulated in Phospholipid Micelles

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Therapeutic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery in Cancer

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In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging

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New Strategies for Fluorescent Probe Design in Medical Diagnostic Imaging

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Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?

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Imaging and drug delivery using theranostic nanoparticles

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Multifunctional polymeric micelles as cancer-targeted, MRI-ultrasensitive drug delivery systems

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Microbubbles in medical imaging: current applications and future directions

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Superparamagnetic iron oxide based MRI contrast agents: Current status of clinical application.

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Click Chemistry in Materials Science

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Macromolecules, Dendrimers, and Nanomaterials in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Interplay between Size, Function, and Pharmacokinetics

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Multi-Emissive Difluoroboron Dibenzoylmethane Polylactide Exhibiting Intense Fluorescence and Oxygen-Sensitive Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

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Design of biocompatible dendrimers for cancer diagnosis and therapy: current status and future perspectives

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Tracking immune cells in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging

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PEG-based micelles as carriers of contrast agents for different imaging modalities

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Magnetite-loaded polymeric micelles as ultrasensitive magnetic-resonance probes

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Ultrasound contrast agents: properties, principles of action, tolerance, and artifacts

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Clinical and biological consequences of transmetallation induced by contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging: a review

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Manganese ferrite nanoparticle micellar nanocomposites as MRI contrast agent for liver imaging

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Pushing the Sensitivity Envelope of Lanthanide-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Contrast Agents for Molecular Imaging Applications

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Fluorescence and electron microscopy probes for cellular and tissue uptake of poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles

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Polymer‐Coated Nanoparticles: A Universal Tool for Biolabelling Experiments

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Indocyanine green-loaded biodegradable tumor targeting nanoprobes for in vitro and in vivo imaging

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Amphiphilic multiarm star block copolymer-based multifunctional unimolecular micelles for cancer targeted drug delivery and MR imaging

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A novel microfluidic wound model for testing antimicrobial agents against Staphylococcus pseudintermedius biofilms

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Target-Specific Cellular Uptake of PLGA Nanoparticles Coated with Poly( l -lysine)−Poly(ethylene glycol)−Folate Conjugate

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Targeting and imaging cancer cells by Folate-decorated, quantum dots (QDs)- loaded nanoparticles of biodegradable polymers

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Targeting the central nervous system: In vivo experiments with peptide-derivatized nanoparticles loaded with Loperamide and Rhodamine-123

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Biodegradable polymeric vesicles containing magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots and anticancer drugs for drug delivery and imaging

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Multifunctional SPIO/DOX-loaded wormlike polymer vesicles for cancer therapy and MR imaging

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Dual anticancer drug/superparamagnetic iron oxide-loaded PLGA-based nanoparticles for cancer therapy and magnetic resonance imaging

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Recent advances in molecular, multimodal and theranostic ultrasound imaging

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Superparamagnetic PLGA-iron oxide microcapsules for dual-modality US/MR imaging and high intensity focused US breast cancer ablation

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Preparation and characterization of hydrophobic PVDF membranes by vapor-induced phase separation and application in vacuum membrane distillation

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The effect of surface functionalization of PLGA nanoparticles by heparin- or chitosan-conjugated Pluronic on tumor targeting

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A cancer-recognizable MRI contrast agents using pH-responsive polymeric micelle

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Biomedical implications of the relaxation behaviour of water related to NMR imaging

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Polymeric biomaterials: Strategies of the past vs. strategies of the future

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Gadolinium-loaded polymeric nanoparticles modified with Anti-VEGF as multifunctional MRI contrast agents for the diagnosis of liver cancer

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Ultrasound molecular imaging with targeted microbubble contrast agents

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Boron Polylactide Nanoparticles Exhibiting Fluorescence and Phosphorescence in Aqueous Medium

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Development of a novel method for synthesis of a polymeric ultrasound contrast agent

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Customizable, multi-functional fluorocarbon nanoparticles for quantitative in vivo imaging using 19F MRI and optical imaging

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Stabilizer-free poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles for multimodal biomedical probes

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Magnetic nanoparticles encapsulated into biodegradable microparticles steered with an upgraded magnetic resonance imaging system for tumor chemoembolization

Pouponneau, P., Leroux, J., & Martel, S. M. (2009) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.08.005 · Cited by 139 · see citing works

Biocompatible and pH-Sensitive PLGA Encapsulated MnO Nanocrystals for Molecular and Cellular MRI

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Degradable and bioresorbable polymers in surgery and in pharmacology: beliefs and facts

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Perfluorooctyl Bromide Polymeric Capsules as Dual Contrast Agents for Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Targeted α-particle radiotherapy with 211At-labeled monoclonal antibodies

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Stimuli-Responsive Magnetic Nanomicelles as Multifunctional Heat and Cargo Delivery Vehicles

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Multifunctional pH-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles for theranostics evaluated experimentally in cancer

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Novel nanomedicine-based MRI contrast agents for gynecological malignancies

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Physical principles of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents

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Contrast Agents: Magnetic Resonance

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Development and optimization of a doxorubicin loaded poly(lactic acid) contrast agent for ultrasound directed drug delivery

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Formulation of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxides by Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Nanoparticles of magnetic ferric oxides encapsulated with poly(D,L latide-co-glycolide) and their applications to magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent

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Construction and Evaluation of Fe3O4-Based PLGA Nanoparticles Carrying rtPA Used in the Detection of Thrombosis and in Targeted Thrombolysis

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Superparamagnetic iron oxide – Loaded poly (lactic acid)-d-α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate copolymer nanoparticles as MRI contrast agent

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Porous PLGA microparticles: AI-700, an intravenously administered ultrasound contrast agent for use in echocardiography

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Biodegradable magnetic-fluorescent magnetite/poly(dl-lactic acid-co-α,β-malic acid) composite nanoparticles for stem cell labeling

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Multifunctional core-shell polymeric nanoparticles for transdermal DNA delivery and epidermal Langerhans cells tracking

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Synthesis, Radiolabeling, and Bio-imaging of High-Generation Polyester Dendrimers

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Multimodal tumor imaging by iron oxides and quantum dots formulated in poly (lactic acid)-d-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate nanoparticles

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Micelles Based on Biodegradable Poly( l -glutamic acid)-b-Polylactide with Paramagnetic Gd Ions Chelated to the Shell Layer as a Potential Nanoscale MRI−Visible Delivery System

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Image-guided and tumor-targeted drug delivery with radiolabeled unimolecular micelles

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Microfluidic assisted synthesis of multi-functional polycaprolactone microcapsules: incorporation of CdTe quantum dots, Fe 3 O 4 superparamagnetic nanoparticles and tamoxifen anticancer drugs

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Porous Polymersomes with Encapsulated Gd‐Labeled Dendrimers as Highly Efficient MRI Contrast Agents

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Theranostic Unimolecular Micelles Based on Brush-Shaped Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

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Surface modification of PLGA nanospheres with Gd-DTPA and Gd-DOTA for high-relaxivity MRI contrast agents

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Targeting EGFR-overexpressing tumor cells using Cetuximab-immunomicelles loaded with doxorubicin and superparamagnetic iron oxide

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Temozolomide loaded PLGA-based superparamagnetic nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging and treatment of malignant glioma

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Poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and in vivo study as MRI contrast agent

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Polyurethanes with radiopaque properties

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Dual-purpose magnetic micelles for MRI and gene delivery

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Amphiphilic Biodegradable PEG-PCL-PEI Triblock Copolymers for FRET-Capable in Vitro and in Vivo Delivery of siRNA and Quantum Dots

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Poly-ε-caprolactone tungsten oxide nanoparticles as a contrast agent for X-ray computed tomography

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Iodine-containing cellulose mixed esters as radiopaque polymers for direct embolization of cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations

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Long-circulating perfluorooctyl bromide nanocapsules for tumor imaging by 19FMRI

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Preparation, characterization and surface study of poly-epsilon caprolactone magnetic microparticles

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Noninvasive Monitoring of the Fate of 111In-Labeled Block Copolymer Micelles by High Resolution and High Sensitivity MicroSPECT/CT Imaging

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pH-responsive biocompatible fluorescent polymer nanoparticles based on phenylboronic acid for intracellular imaging and drug delivery

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Novel Molecular Recognition via Fluorescent Resonance Energy Transfer Using a Biotin−PEG/Polyamine Stabilized CdS Quantum Dot

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Surfactant-Free, Drug-Quantum-Dot Coloaded Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Nanoparticles: Towards Multifunctional Nanoparticles

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Magnetic poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) and cellulose particles for MRI‐based cell tracking

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In vivo cancer imaging by poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) micelles containing a near-infrared probe

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Bone morphogenetic protein encapsulated with a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer

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Biodegradable nanoparticles for targeted ultrasound imaging of breast cancer cellsin vitro

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Multimodal Imaging of Nanovaccine Carriers Targeted to Human Dendritic Cells

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