Contrast Agents Delivery: An Up-to-Date Review of Nanodiagnostics in Neuroimaging.

ABSTRACT: Neuroimaging is a highly important field of neuroscience, with direct implications for the early diagnosis and progression monitoring of brain-associated diseases. Neuroimaging techniques are categorized into structural, functional and molecular neuroimaging, each possessing advantages and disadvantages in terms of resolution, invasiveness, toxicity of contrast agents and costs. Nanotechnology-based approaches for neuroimaging mostly involve the development of nanocarriers for incorporating contrast agents or the use of nanomaterials as imaging agents. Inorganic and organic nanoparticles, liposomes, micelles, nanobodies and quantum dots are some of the most studied candidates for the delivery of contrast agents for neuroimaging. This paper focuses on describing the conventional modalities

SUBMITTER: Teleanu DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6523665 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature