Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 381, Issue -, Pages 151-157Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.12.077
Keywords
Ni-Fe2O4 nanoparticles; Chitosan coating; Contrast agent for MRI
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0021315]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0021315] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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We report evidence for the possible application of chitosan-coated nickel-ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles as both T-1 and T-2 contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The coating of nickel-ferrite nanoparticles with chitosan was performed simultaneously with the synthesis of the nickel-ferrite nanoparticles by a chemical co-precipitation method. The coated nanoparticles were cylindrical in shape with an average length of 17 nm and an average width of 4.4 nm. The bonding of chitosan onto the ferrite nanoparticles was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The T-1 and T-2 relaxivities were 0.858 +/- 0.04 and 1.71 +/- 0.03 mM(-1) s(-1) respectively. In animal experimentation, both a 25% signal enhancement in the T-1-weighted mage and a 71% signal loss in the T-2-weighted image were observed. This demonstrated that chitosan-coated nickel-ferrite nanoparticles are suitable as both T-1 and T-2 contrast agents in MRI. We note that the applicability of our nanoparticles as both T-1 and T-2 contrast agents is due to their cylindrical shape, which gives rise to both inner and outer sphere processes of nanoparticles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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