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ReviewChemical Society reviews2017

Engineering of inorganic nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Dalong Ni, Wenbo Bu, Emily B Ehlerding, Weibo Cai, Jianlin Shi

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Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed, 465 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  6. Contrast Agents for Enhanced Bioimaging: A Comprehensive Review.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  9. Unveiling Dipolar Interaction-Driven Magnetic Field Inhomogeneities in TAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. FeClMagma (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dalong NiState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China. wbbu@mail.sic.ac.cn jlshi@mail.sic.ac.cn.
Wenbo Bu
Emily B Ehlerding
Weibo Cai
Jianlin Shi
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Christian Capitini · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
U.W. RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009206 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Bryan Patrick Bednarz · 1985 to 2026
$12.1M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training ProgramT32GM008505 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BLACKWELL, HELEN E. · 1993 to 2023
$9.8M
Membranous Nanogenerators for in vivo Bio-mechanical Energy HarvestingR01EB021336 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WANG, XUDONG · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Novel Combination Therapy for Prostate CancerR01CA169365 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAI, WEIBO · 2013 to 2015
$903k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169365NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009206NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB021336NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008505
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly valuable non-invasive imaging tool owing to its exquisite soft tissue contrast, high spatial resolution, lack of ionizing radiation, and wide clinical applicability. Contrast agents (CAs) can be used to further enhance the sensitivity of MRI to obtain information-rich images. Recently, extensive research efforts have been focused on the design and synthesis of high-performance inorganic nanoparticle-based CAs to improve the quality and specificity of MRI. Herein, the basic rules, including the choice of metal ions, effect of electron motion on water relaxation, and involved mechanisms, of CAs for MRI have been elucidated in detail. In particular, various design principles, including size control, surface modification (e.g. organic ligand, silica shell, and inorganic nanolayers), and shape regulation, to impact relaxation of water molecules have been discussed in detail. Comprehensive understanding of how these factors work can guide the engineering of future inorganic nanoparticles with high relaxivity. Finally, we have summarized the currently available strategies and their mechanism for obtaining high-performance CAs and discussed the challenges and future developments of nanoparticulate CAs for clinical translation in MRI.

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingContrast MediaNanoparticlesContrast Media

Identifiers

PMID29071327
PMCPMC5705441
OpenAlexW2765750234

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