Gallium-68 Labeled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with 2,3-Dicarboxypropane-1,1-diphosphonic Acid as a Potential PET/MR Imaging Agent: A Proof-of-Concept Study

<div>(a) Typical AFM image showing the morphology of <sup>68</sup>Ga(<svg height="6.27169pt" id="M31" style="vertical-align:-0.04980993pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.22188 12.5482 6.27169" width="12.5482pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path></g></svg><sup>68</sup>Zn)-Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-DPD MNPs; (b) size distribution of <sup>68</sup>Ga(<svg height="6.27169pt" id="M32" style="vertical-align:-0.04980993pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.22188 12.5482 6.27169" width="12.5482pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path></g></svg><sup>68</sup>Zn)-Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-DPD MNPs measured from several AFM images<i>.</i></div>

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Figure 7: Gallium-68 Labeled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with 2,3-Dicarboxypropane-1,1-diphosphonic Acid as a Potential PET/MR Imaging Agent: A Proof-of-Concept Study 

Figure 7 | Gallium-68 Labeled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with 2,3-Dicarboxypropane-1,1-diphosphonic Acid as a Potential PET/MR Imaging Agent: A Proof-of-Concept Study 