This roadmap outlines the potential roles of metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) in the field of
radiation therapy. MNPs made up of a wide range of materials (from Titanium, Z= 22, to …

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in interest in the use of gold nanoparticles
(GNPs) as radiation sensitizers for radiation therapy. This interest was initially driven by their …

X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) is a technique that can identify, quantify
and locate elements within objects by detecting x-ray fluorescence (characteristic x-rays) …

Nanoparticles (NPs) are currently under intensive research for their application in tumor
diagnosis and therapy. X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) is considered a …

Purpose The gold nanoparticle (GNP) as a promising theranostic probe has been
increasingly studied. The tumor-targeting efficiency of GNPs is crucial to increase the …

X-ray luminescence and X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (CT) are two emerging
technologies in X-ray imaging that provide functional and molecular imaging capability. Both …

X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) with nanoparticles (NPs) as contrast
agents shows potential for molecular biomedical imaging with higher spatial resolution than …

Accurate in vivo localisation of minimal amounts of functionalised gold-nanoparticles,
enabling eg. early-tumour diagnostics and pharmacokinetic tracking studies, requires a …

The fluorescence of silver nanoparticles or ions can be used for detection and dose
enhancement purposes in X-ray irradiation applications. This study is focused on the full …

In this work, we demonstrated that an optimized detector angular configuration based on the
anisotropic energy distribution of background scattered X-rays improves X-ray fluorescence …