Nanoparticles and Medical Imaging for Image Guided Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Image-guided medicine is rapidly growing to improve treatment regimens as advancing medical imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), radiography, ultrasound, positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). A combination of modern nanoplatforms with high performance in imaging and therapeutics may be critical to improve medical outcomes. One of emerging fields is the image guided therapy using various nanoparticles. Those are including basic bench, preclinical in vitro/in vivo and clinical researches combining synthesis of multimodal nanoparticle and tracking/navigation tools to improve accuracy and outcomes of the therapeutics. Most of the emerging interventional technique such as heat activated targeted drug delivery, image guided ablation (microwave or HIFU), percutaneous injection gene/bacteria therapy, transcatheter treatments for tumor specific local therapy, serial biopsy, thrombolytic therapy, and so on, can be combined with nanotechnology in clinic. Careful design/selection/synthesis of multifunctional imaging/therapeutic nanomaterials with therapeutic agents will be critical for the translational optimization these new image guided medicine techniques.

The intent of this Special Issue is to collect cutting-edge image-guided nanomedicine technology of leading scientists for providing a new opportunity and perspectives of the nanotechnology.

This Special Issue is intended to cover the following topics, but is not limited to them:

1. Multifunctional Imaging and Therapeutic Micro/Nano Carriers
2. New Interventional Approaches using nanomaterials
3. Smart Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
4. Noble metallic nanoparticles for Image Guided Medicine
5. Magnetic Nanoparticles Mediated Local Image Guided Therapy
6. Multifunctional Drug Delivery Carriers
7. Nano Radiosensitizers for Brachytherapy
8. Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Materials for Photodynamic/Photothermal Ablation

Any works concerning the imaging and nano for medical application, as well the development of new image-guided medicine approaches for the treatment of diseases, will be within the scope of this Special Issue. All submitted papers must present novel results, or the advancement of previously published data, and the matter should be dealt with scientific rigor.

Assist. Prof. Dong-Hyun Kim
Guest Editor

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