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Review Article

Applications of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Author(s): Pratima Chauhan* and Pratishtha Kushwaha

Volume 11, Issue 3, 2021

Published on: 28 July, 2020

Page: [290 - 299] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/2210681210999200728102036

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Abstract

Iron Oxide nanoparticles, by the help of legitimate surface science, have been broadly utilized tentatively in many living organism applications, for example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), drug delivery, repair of tissue, immunobiology, hyperthermia, detoxification of natural liquids, to differentiate improvement between low and high contrast tissues, in cell partition and so on. Moreover, these applications need exceptional non-toxic and biocompatible surface covering of the attractive particles to permit a targetable conveyance with molecular restriction in a particular territory. The general size of the colloid can be estimated ordinarily of the surface covering and the resulting spatial course of action adjacent to the nanoparticles, and it additionally assumes a critical job in bio-kinetics and bio-distribution of nanoparticles in the body. The kinds of surface coatings, for this sort of nanoparticles, rely upon the kind of application and ought to be picked by remembering a specific application, regardless of whether it is gone for aggravation reaction or anti-cancer agents. In this paper, the manufactured science, liquid adjustment, and surface change of Iron Oxide nanoparticles, just as their utilization for biomedical applications, are examined.

Keywords: Anticancer, tissue repair, magnetic resonance imaging, nanoparticles, biological fluids, hyperthermia.

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