Recent advances in technology are expected to increase our current understanding of
neuroscience. Nanotechnology and nanomaterials can alter and control neural functionality …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

With rapid advances in modern imaging, minimally invasive ablative procedures have
emerged as popular alternatives to surgical removal of tumors. Tumor ablation modalities …

X-ray-computed tomography (CT) is a well-established tissueimaging technique employed
in a variety of research and clinical settings. 1 Specifically, CT is a noninvasive clinical …

Nanodiagnostics as a field makes use of fundamental advances in nanobiotechnology to
diagnose, characterize and manage disease at the molecular scale. As these strategies …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have a number of physical properties that make them appealing
for medical applications. For example, the attenuation of X-rays by gold nanoparticles has …

Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most widely used clinical imaging modalities. In
order to increase the sensitivity of CT, small iodinated compounds are used as injectable …

Computed tomography enables 3D anatomic imaging at a high spatial resolution, but
requires delivery of an x-ray contrast agent to distinguish tissues with similar or low x-ray …

Computed tomography (CT) is an X‐ray‐based whole‐body imaging technique that is
widely used in medicine. Clinically approved contrast agents for CT are iodinated small …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) have been proposed for many applications in medicine.
Although large AuNP (> 5.5 nm) are desirable for their longer blood circulation and …