Nanomedicine : a soft matter perspective / edited by Dipanjan Pan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Nuclear imaging with nanoparticles / Ali Azhdarinia and Sukhen C. Ghosh -- chapter 3. Molecular imaging at nanoscale with magnetic resonance imaging / Patrick M. Winter -- chapter 4. Optical imaging with nanoparticles / Walter J. Akers -- chapter 5. Contrast agents for computed tomographic imaging / Dipanjan Pan, Santosh K. Misra, and Sumin Kim -- chapter 6. Nanomedicine : perspective and promises / Dipanjan Pan.

This book provides a broad introduction to matters for nano-medicinal application. It covers comprehensive information regarding soft nanoscopic objects with prerequisite features for different imaging modalities. The book also offers a general introduction to the various drug delivery systems and their opportunities from chemistry, materials, biology and nanomedical standpoint. The book provides a broad introduction to the field and the sub field, with a deeper discussion on the individual modalities for molecular imaging, expanded in four chapters--Provided by publisher.

9780429071829

10.1201/b17246 doi


Nanomedicine.

R857.N34 / N36 2015

610.28 / N186