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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,413 Views
21 Pages

Optical Characterization of Gadolinium Fluoride Films Using Universal Dispersion Model

  • Daniel Franta,
  • Jiří Vohánka,
  • Jan Dvořák,
  • Pavel Franta,
  • Ivan Ohlídal,
  • Petr Klapetek,
  • Jaromír Březina and
  • David Škoda

17 January 2023

The optical characterization of gadolinium fluoride (GdF3) films is performed in a wide spectral range using heterogeneous data-processing methods (the ellipsometric and spectrophotometric measurements for five samples with thicknesses ranging from 2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,050 Views
12 Pages

Visualization of Fluoride Ions In Vivo Using a Gadolinium(III)-Coumarin Complex-Based Fluorescence/MRI Dual-Modal Probe

  • Yue Wang,
  • Renfeng Song,
  • Huan Feng,
  • Ke Guo,
  • Qingtao Meng,
  • Haijun Chi,
  • Run Zhang and
  • Zhiqiang Zhang

16 December 2016

A new Gadolinium(III)–coumarin complex, DO3A-Gd-CA, was designed and prepared as a dual-modal probe for simultaneous fluorescence and relaxivity responses to fluoride ions (F−) in aqueous media and mice. DO3A-Gd-CA was designed by using Gd(III) cente...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,043 Views
21 Pages

Novel Cerium- and Terbium-Doped Gadolinium Fluoride Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizers with Pronounced Radiocatalytic Activity

  • Nikita A. Pivovarov,
  • Danil D. Kolmanovich,
  • Nikita N. Chukavin,
  • Irina V. Savintseva,
  • Nelli R. Popova,
  • Alexander E. Shemyakov,
  • Arina D. Filippova,
  • Maria A. Teplonogova,
  • Alexandra V. Yurkovskaya and
  • Ivan. V. Zhukov
  • + 2 authors

Background: The use of nanoradiosensitizers is a promising strategy for the precision enhancement of tumor tissue damage during radiotherapy. Methods: Here, we propose a novel biocompatible theranostic agent based on gadolinium fluoride doped with ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,837 Views
12 Pages

16 August 2019

The gadolinium(III) fluoride oxidotungstate(VI), with the formula Gd5FW3O16, represents the first published fluoride-derivative of a rare-earth metal oxidotungstate. It is synthesized by a mixture of GdF3, Gd2O3, and WO3 at 800 °C and a pressure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,756 Views
17 Pages

17 April 2023

Serine protease is linked to a wide range of diseases, prompting the development of robust, selective, and sensitive protease assays and sensing methods. However, the clinical needs for serine protease activity imaging have not yet been met, and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,410 Views
18 Pages

Preoperative Assessment of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Using [18F]fluoride Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/CT and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI in Correlation with Histomorphometry and Micro-CT—A Prospective Comparative Study

  • Christian Philipp Reinert,
  • Christina Pfannenberg,
  • Brigitte Gückel,
  • Helmut Dittmann,
  • Christian la Fougère,
  • Konstantin Nikolaou,
  • Siegmar Reinert,
  • Rouven Schönhof and
  • Sebastian Hoefert

15 February 2024

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the imaging characteristics of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) using [18F]fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,558 Views
16 Pages

Light Output Response of a Barium Fluoride (BaF2) Inorganic Scintillator Under X-Ray Radiation

  • Vasileios Ntoupis,
  • Christos Michail,
  • Nektarios Kalyvas,
  • Athanasios Bakas,
  • Ioannis Kandarakis,
  • George Fountos and
  • Ioannis Valais

In this study, the luminescence efficiency of a crystal-form barium fluoride (BaF2) inorganic scintillator was assessed for medical imaging applications. For the experiments, we used a typical medical X-ray tube (50–140 kVp) for estimating the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,203 Views
11 Pages

10 July 2022

To investigate imaging features of osteomyelitis of the jaw (OMJ) using [18F]fluoride positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET compared with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess exten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,323 Views
18 Pages

Achieving Effective Multimodal Imaging with Rare-Earth Ion-Doped CaF2 Nanoparticles

  • Zhenfeng Yu,
  • Yuanyuan He,
  • Timo Schomann,
  • Kefan Wu,
  • Yang Hao,
  • Ernst Suidgeest,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Christina Eich and
  • Luis J. Cruz

Nowadays, cancer poses a significant hazard to humans. Limitations in early diagnosis techniques not only result in a waste of healthcare resources but can even lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, consequently reducing cure rates. Therefore, i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,428 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis of Bis(Carboranyl)amides 1,1′-μ-(CH2NH(O)C(CH2)n-1,2-C2B10H11)2 (n = 0, 1) and Attempt of Synthesis of Gadolinium Bis(Dicarbollide)

  • Yasunobu Asawa,
  • Aleksandra V. Arsent’eva,
  • Sergey A. Anufriev,
  • Alexei A. Anisimov,
  • Kyrill Yu. Suponitsky,
  • Oleg A. Filippov,
  • Hiroyuki Nakamura and
  • Igor B. Sivaev

Bis(carboranyl)amides 1,1′-μ-(CH2NH(O)C(CH2)n-1,2-C2B10H11)2 (n = 0, 1) were prepared by the reactions of the corresponding carboranyl acyl chlorides with ethylenediamine. Crystal molecular structure of 1,1′-μ-(CH2NH(O)C-1,2-C2B10H11)2 was determined...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,852 Views
15 Pages

Gadolinium-Labelled Cell Scaffolds to Follow-up Cell Transplantation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Valeria Catanzaro,
  • Giuseppe Digilio,
  • Federico Capuana,
  • Sergio Padovan,
  • Juan C. Cutrin,
  • Fabio Carniato,
  • Stefano Porta,
  • Cristina Grange,
  • Nenad Filipović and
  • Magdalena Stevanović

Cell scaffolds are often used in cell transplantation as they provide a solid structural support to implanted cells and can be bioengineered to mimic the native extracellular matrix. Gadolinium fluoride nanoparticles (Gd-NPs) as a contrast agent for...