This book highlights the recent advances in nanotheranostics from basic research to potential applications, and discusses the modular design and engineering of multiplex nanoparticles including gold nanostructures, luminescent nanoparticles, dendrimers and liposomes. Each chapter demonstrates multifunctional nanoparticles with topics covering targeting, imaging, delivery, diagnostics, and therapy as new modalities for cancer theranostics. This comprehensive book presents expert views on the latest developments in theranostic nanomedicine.
It focuses on potential theranostic applications of multifunctional nanoparticles ranging from identifying noninvasively cancer cells by molecular detection, and visualizing in vivo drug delivery by means of contrast enhanced imaging, to destroying cancer cell s with minimal side effects via selective accumulation at tumor sites, and real-time monitoring therapeutic effectiveness. It also presents an interdisciplinary survey of nanotheranostics and as such is a valuable resource for researchers and students in related fields.
Zhifei Dai is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, China.
Author(s): Zhifei Dai (eds.)
Series: Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering 6
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: VIII, 336
Tags: Biomedical Engineering; Biomaterials; Imaging / Radiology; Medical and Radiation Physics; Nanotechnology
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Near-Infrared Light-Mediated Gold Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics....Pages 3-52
Gold Nanostructures for Cancer Imaging and Therapy....Pages 53-101
Gold Nanorods for Biomedical Imaging and Therapy in Cancer....Pages 103-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles for Imaging-Guided Drug Delivery and Therapy....Pages 139-164
Engineering Upconversion Nanoparticles for Multimodal Biomedical Imaging-Guided Therapeutic Applications....Pages 165-195
Multifunctional Quantum Dot-Based Nanoscale Modalities for Theranostic Applications....Pages 197-216
Organic Dye-Loaded Nanoparticles for Imaging-Guided Cancer Therapy....Pages 217-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Dendrimer-Based Nanodevices as Contrast Agents for MR Imaging Applications....Pages 249-270
Functional Dendritic Polymer-Based Nanoscale Vehicles for Imaging-Guided Cancer Therapy....Pages 271-299
Multifunctional Liposomes for Imaging-Guided Therapy....Pages 301-336
