Application of Nanomaterials in Biomedical Imaging and Cancer Therapy
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2021) | Viewed by 54685
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanoparticle characterization; nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy; nanodosimetry; medical imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; computer modeling and radiobiology of DNA damage
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials will cover the most recent advances in biomedical applications of nanomaterials in medical imaging, drug delivery, and cancer therapy. In biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic applications, nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles can act as a contrast agent and dose enhancer in image-guided nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy using kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography. Similarly, magnetic nanoparticles made of iron or iron oxide can act as a contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging and an enhancer in thermotherapy, such as hyperthermia. For the rapid progress of synthesis technology, nanomaterials with variables of size, shape, composition, morphology, and surface chemistry can easily be fabricated through precise control. In addition, integrating functional ligands in the particles can enable them to perform multiple biomedical functions on the molecular and cellular level simultaneously. Since studies in the biomedical applications of nanomaterials are interdisciplinary and involve different fields such as biochemistry, nanomaterial science, biomedicine, imaging, radiology, radiobiology, radiopharmacy, biophysics, and computer modeling, synergy among different groups with different research backgrounds is necessary.
This Special Issue calls for research and review papers on the application of nanomaterials in biomedical imaging, drug delivery, and cancer therapy. The studies include the design and synthesis of functionalized nanomaterials as an imaging agent or enhancer in cancer therapy, such as hyperthermia and radiotherapy, or nanomaterials in computer modeling responding to irradiated nanomaterials from particle interaction, drug delivery, cytotoxicity of nanomaterials, and radiobiology of DNA damage. Experimental results from clinical, preclinical, and cellular studies are welcome.
Dr. James C L Chow
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Fabrication and synthesis
- Drug delivery
- Biomedical imaging
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Cancer therapy
- Preclinical and cellular model
- Functionalized nanomaterials
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