NANOPARTICLE-ENABLED X-RAY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (NXMRI)

摘要

Imaging systems and methods are provided. Systems and methods of the subject invention can include the use of nanoparticles (for example, nanophosphors) within a sample to be imaged. Excitation with radiation, such X-ray radiation, can be performed on the nanoparticles to give rise to a change in one or more resonance parameters of the nanoparticles, and this change can be measured using magnetic resonance imaging to provide localization information.

主权项

1. An imaging method, comprising:
providing nanoparticles to a sample to be imaged; using a radiation source to excite the nanoparticles; and imaging the sample using magnetic resonance imaging (MM) to obtain localization information of the nanoparticles by measuring a change in a resonance parameter of the nanoparticles as a result of the excitation by the radiation source.