Multifunctional mesoporous composite nanocapsules for highly efficient MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound cancer surgery

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Dec 23;50(52):12505-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106180. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Abstract

Bloodless surgical knife: Nano-biotechnology has been introduced into imaging-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) cancer surgery by adopting engineered multifunctional manganese-based mesoporous composite nanocapsules as the contrast agents for T(1)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and simultaneously as synergistic agents for MRI-guided HIFU cancer surgery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Nanocapsules / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Porosity
  • Rabbits
  • Surface Properties
  • Ultrasonic Therapy*

Substances

  • Nanocapsules