Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Part I Basics of Molecular Imaging and Nanobiotechnology. 1. Basic Principles of Molecular Imaging ( Sven H. Hausner ). 2. Synthesis of Nanomaterials as a Platform for Molecular Imaging ( Jinhao Gao, Jin Xie, Bing Xu, and Xiaoyuan Chen ). 3. Nanoparticle Surface Modification and Bioocnjugation ( Jin Xie, Jinhao Gao, Mark Michalski, and Xiaoyuan Chen ). 4. Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of Nanoprobes ( Nagesh Kolishetti, Frank Alexis, Eric M. Pridgen, and Omid C. Farokhzad ). Part II Nanoparticles for Single Modality Molecular Imaging. 5. Computed Tomography as a Tool for Anatomical and Molecular Imaging ( Pingyu Liu, Hu Zhou, and Lei Xing ). 6. Carbon Nanotube X-Ray for Dynamic Micro-CT Imaging of Small Animal Models ( Otto Zhou, Guohua Cao, Yueh Z. Lee, and Jianping Lu ). 7. Quantum Dots for In Viv o Molecular Imaging ( Yun Xing ). 8. Biopolymer, Dendrimer and Liposome Nanoplatforms for Optical Molecular Imaging ( David Pham, Ling Zhang, Bo Chen, and Ella F. Jones ). 9. Nanoplatforms for Raman Molecular Imaging in Biological Systems ( Zhuang Liu ). 10. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensors for Biological Systems ( Jingqing Zhang, and Michael S. Strano ). 11. Microparticle- and Nanoparticle-Based Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging ( Nirupama Deshpande, and Jurgen K. Willmann ). 12. Ultrasound-Based Molecular Imaging Using Nanoagents ( Srivalleesha Mallidi, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Kimberly Homan, Bo Wang, Min Qu, Timothy Larson, Konstantin Sokolov, and Stanislav Emelianov ). 13. MRI Contrast Agents Based on Inorganic Nanoparticles ( Hyon B. Na, and Taghwan Hyeon ). 14. Cellular Magnetic Labeling with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles ( Sebastien Boutry, Sophie Laurent, Luce V. Elst, and Robert N. Muller ). 15. Nanoparticles Containing Rare Earth Ions: A Tunable Tool for MRI ( C. Riviere, S. Roux, R. Bazzi, J.-L. Bridot, C. Billotey, P. Perriat, and O. Tillement ). 16. Microfabricated Multispectral MRI Contrast Agents ( Gary Zabow, and Alan Koretsky ). 17. Radiolabeled Nanoplatforms: Imaging Hot Bullets Hitting Their Targets ( Raffaella Rossin ). Part III: Nanoparticle Platforms as Multimodality Imaging and Therapy Agents . 18. Lipoprotein-Based Nanoplatforms for Cancer Molecular Imaging ( Ian R. Corbin, Kenneth Ng, and Gang Zheng ). 19. Protein Cages as Multimode Imaging Agents ( Masaki Uchida, Lars Liepold, Peter Suci, Mark Young, and Trevor Douglas ). 20. Biomedical Applications of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes ( Weibo Cai, Ting Gao, and Hao Hong ). 21. Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Multimodal Molecular Imaging ( Yonglong Hou, and Rui Hao ). 22. Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cancer Theragnostics ( Seulki Lee, Ick Chan Kwon, and Kwangmeyung Kim ). 23. Nanoparticles for Combined Cancer Imaging and Therapy ( Vaishali Bagolkot, Mikyung Yu, and Sangyong Jon ). 24. Multimodal Imaging and Therapy with Magnetofluorescent Nanoparticles ( Jason McCarthy, and Ralph Weissleder ). 25. Gold Nanocages: A Multifunctional Platform for Molecular Optical Imaging and Photothermal Treatment ( Leslie Au, Claire M. Cobley, Jingyi Chen, and Younan Xia ). 26. Theranostic Applications of Gold Nanoparticles in Cancer ( Parmeswaran Diagaradjane, Pranshu Mohindra, and Sunil Krishnan ). 27. Gold Nanorods as Theranostic Agents ( Alexander Wei, Qingshan Wei, and Alexei P. Lenov ). 28. Theranostic Applications of Gold Core-Shell Structured Nanoparticles ( Wei Lu, Marites Melancon, and Chun Li ). 29. Magnetic Nanoparticle Carrier for Targeted Drug Delivery: Perspective, Outlook and Design ( R.D.K. Misra ). 30. Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles: A Multidimensional Platform for Targeted Image-Guided Drug Delivery ( Gregory M. Lanza, Shelton D. Caruthers, Anne H. Schmieder, Patrick M. Winter, Tillmann Cyrue, Samuel and A. Wickline ). 31. Radioimmunonanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Therapy ( Arutselvan Natarajan ). Part IV: Translational Nanomedicine. 32. Current Status and Future Prospects for Nanoparticle-Based Technology in Human Medicine ( Nuria Sanvicens, Fatima Fernandez, J.-Pablo Salvador, and M.-Pilar Marco ). Index.
