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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Andrew D. A. Maidment, Villanova, PA (US);
Anatoliy V. Popov, Philadelphia, PA (US);
E. James Delikatny, Havertown, PA (US);
Andrew Tsourkas, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Roshan Karunamuni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ajlan Al Zaki, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sara Gavenonis, Wilmington, DE (US);
David Cormode, Philadelphia, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Contrast agents for x-ray imaging including stabilized metal nanoparticles and encapsulated nanoparticles, as well as methods for imaging tissue with these agents, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of dual energy x-ray imaging using metal nanoparticle contrast agents or encapsulated metal nanoparticles.