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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Swadeshmukul Santra, Orlando, FL (US);
Paul H. Holloway, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert A. Mericle, Brentwood, TN (US);
Heesun Yang, Gainesville, FL (US);
Glenn A. Walter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Swadeshmukul Santra, Orlando, FL (US);
Paul H. Holloway, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert A. Mericle, Brentwood, TN (US);
Heesun Yang, Gainesville, FL (US);
Glenn A. Walter, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to fluorescent, radio-opaque and magnetic quantum nanoparticles, useful as multifunctional contrast agents or probes for in vivo bioimaging, and methods of their use. The invention provides for multifaceted bioimaging (e.g., intra-arterial pre-operative brain mapping and broad based in vivo diagnostic imaging), including imaging of various cell types, such as stem cells.