Claudia Caltagirone, Alexandre Bettoschi, Alessandra Garau and Riccardo Montis
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015,44, 4645-4671
DOI:
10.1039/C4CS00270A,
Review Article
This review describes the recent advances in the development of imaging agents based on silica nanoparticles. Different techniques (magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, positron emission tomography, X-ray computed tomography, and ultrasound imaging) are described as well as the possibility of combining together different imaging techniques in the same nanoplatform and simultaneously performing imaging and therapy.
