Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 410-417 , April 2010

Gold Nanoparticle Contrast in a Phantom and Juvenile Swine: Models for Molecular Imaging of Human Organs using X-ray Computed Tomography

  • Evan Boote, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: E.B.
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  • Genevieve Fent, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Vijaya Kattumuri, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Stan Casteel, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Kavita Katti, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Nripen Chanda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Raghuraman Kannan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Kattesh Katti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Robert Churchill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, One Hospital Drive, DC069.10, Columbia, MO 65212

Received 21 December 2009 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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 Supported in part by NIH funding from R01 CA119412 (Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnership) and R21 CA1284.

PII: S1076-6332(10)00056-5

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.01.006

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 410-417 , April 2010

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