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This book provides a comprehensive overview of nanoplatform-based imaging techniques, detailing their unique advantages over traditional diagnostic methods. By integrating insights from nanotechnology, imaging science, and oncology, it offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the latest innovations in the field. Designed as a resource for researchers, clinicians, and students, this book provides foundational knowledge while also exploring future directions in nanoplatform-based imaging. It emphasizes the potential of image-guided therapy and targeted drug delivery, illustrating how nanotechnology contributes to more precise and personalized oncology solutions. By fostering scientific knowledge and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Imaging serves as an essential guide for those seeking to understand and advance this promising field.
Key Features:
- Focuses on the different types of nanoplatforms utilized for cancer imaging.
- Covers practical research studies on the mechanisms of biomedical imaging through nanoplatforms. The latest developments in hybrid nanoplatforms for cancer imaging are discussed.
- Provides comprehensive coverage, which not only theoretically explains the latest research on Nanomedical imaging, but also gives an insight into promising imaging targets for cancer diseases.
- Despite the significant interest and the rapid development of imaging modalities, there is currently no adequate and accessible book on this topic.
The lead Editor, Dr. Nanasaheb Thorat is an Associate Professor in Medicinal and Medical Physics and leading lab of Cancer Nanomedicine at the Department of Physics and jointly associated with Bernal Institute and Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre (LDCRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. He is the recipient of seven major research grants in cancer nanomedicine since 2015 including Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Irish Research Council and European Commission. He has published 125 peer reviewed journal articles, authored/edited 8 books (Elsevier, Springer and IOPP) and written 30 book chapters. He has an h-index factor of 45 with total citations: ~6000.
Sandeep B. Somvanshi, is currently an Irish Research Council Fellow at the Department of Physics University of Limerick. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer reviewed journals and written 15 book chapters. His major research interests include magnetism and magnetic nanomaterials, magnetic fluid hyperthermia for cancer treatment, magnetic resonance imaging, drug delivery system, silica aerogels, nanocatalyst and photocatalyst etc. He is the recipient of several Young Scientists awards at international conferences.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor biographies
List of contributors
1 Introduction to nanoplatform-based biomedical imaging
2 Fundamentals of nanoplatform-based imaging for cancer diagnosis
3 Nanoplatforms for precision imaging and targeted therapy in oncology
4 Clinical advances in nanoplatform-based cancer imaging