About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare and Industry
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| Presentation Title |
Optimizing Iron Nanoparticles as Tracers for Magnetic Particle Imaging |
| Author(s) |
Will Graham |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Will Graham |
| Abstract Scope |
Magnetic nanoparticles have a history of being utilized as tracers for medical imaging techniques. One such imaging modality is Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI), an imaging technique that is currently in development and demonstrates promising applications for cancer treatment due to its high sensitivity. MPI operates by directly measuring the magnetic response from the tracer particles, which are commonly iron-oxide nanoparticles. It is hypothesized that the signal received from the tracer could be improved with higher pure-iron content in the nanoparticles. The approach is to study different synthesis and modification techniques to produce highly crystalline and high alpha-iron-content nanoparticles - thus creating the most ideal tracer for MPI. This has so far been explored by executing a thermal decomposition synthesis reaction to produce iron oxide nanoparticles followed by a reduction reaction to reduce them to pure iron. |