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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Chia-chun Chen, Taipei, TW;
Dar-bin Shieh, Tainan, TW;
Shang-wei Chou, Ji An Township, TW;
Ping-ching Wu, Tainan, TW;
Yu Hong Hsiao, Taichung, TW;
Yu Sang Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Chun Chen, Taipei, TW;
Dar-Bin Shieh, Tainan, TW;
Shang-Wei Chou, Ji An Township, TW;
Ping-Ching Wu, Tainan, TW;
Yu Hong Hsiao, Taichung, TW;
Yu Sang Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TW;
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
Nanoparticles are used as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Each of the nanoparticles includes a metal alloy core and a plurality of hydrophilic molecules covalently bound to the surface of the metal alloy core. Also disclosed is a method for using the contrast agent.