Research Article

The Efficacy of 18F-FDG PET/CT and Superparamagnetic Nanoferric Oxide MRI in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and the Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis

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Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION). (a) SPION. SPION has the characteristics of large surface area, biocompatibility, and low coercive force, which create favorable conditions for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. (b) Electron microscopy figure of SPION. SPION is a nanoscale ferromagnetic molecule, which can be uniformly dispersed in the base carrier liquid. Under the action of external magnetic field, SPION can form a variety of shapes along the magnetic field lines.
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