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Li, H. (author), Li, X. (author), Collado Lara, G. (author), Lattwein, K.R. (author), Mastik, Frits (author), Beurskens, Robert (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), Verweij, M.A. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Ultrasound contrast-mediated medical imaging and therapy both rely on the dynamics of micron- and nanometer-sized ultrasound cavitation nuclei, such as phospholipid-coated microbubbles and phase-change droplets. Ultrasound cavitation nuclei respond non-linearly to ultrasound on a nanosecond time scale that necessitates the use of ultra-high...journal article 2023
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Zangabad, Reza Pakdaman (author), Li, H. (author), Kouijzer, Joop J.P. (author), Langeveld, Simone A.G. (author), Beekers, Ines (author), Verweij, M.A. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Understanding and controlling the ultrasound contrast agent (UCA)'s response to an applied ultrasound pressure field are crucial when investigating ultrasound imaging sequences and therapeutic applications. The magnitude and frequency of the applied ultrasonic pressure waves affect the oscillatory response of the UCA. Therefore, it is...journal article 2023
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Geraldes, Carlos F.G.C. (author), Peters, J.A. (author)Molecular recognition involving glycoprotein-mediated interactions is ubiquitous in both normal and pathological natural processes. Therefore, visualization of these interactions and the extent of expression of the sugars is a challenge in medical diagnosis, monitoring of therapy, and drug design. Here, we review the literature on the...review 2022
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Gupta, Aastha (author), Sood, Ankur (author), Fuhrer, Erwin (author), Djanashvili, K. (author), Agrawal, Garima (author)Designing novel systems for efficient cancer treatment and improving the quality of life for patients is a prime requirement in the healthcare sector. In this regard, theranostics have recently emerged as a unique platform, which combines the benefits of both diagnosis and therapeutics delivery. Theranostics have the desired contrast agent...review 2022
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Heymans, Sophie V. (author), Collado Lara, G. (author), Rovituso, M. (author), Vos, H.J. (author), D'hooge, Jan (author), de Jong, N. (author), Van Den Abeele, Koen (author)Superheated nanodroplet (ND) vaporization by proton radiation was recently demonstrated, opening the door to ultrasound-based in vivo proton range verification. However, at body temperature and physiological pressures, perfluorobutane nanodroplets (PFB-NDs), which offer a good compromise between stability and radiation sensitivity, are not...journal article 2022
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Carvalho, Rui F.S. (author), Pereira, Giovannia A.L. (author), Rocha, João (author), Castro, M. Margarida C.A. (author), Granadeiro, Carlos M. (author), Nogueira, Helena I.S. (author), Peters, J.A. (author), Geraldes, Carlos F.G.C. (author)The NMR relaxivities of the decatungstolanthanoate core-shell nanoparticles, prepared by encapsulating [Ln(W<sub>5</sub>O<sub>18</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>9−</sup> polyoxometalates (LnPOM) within amorphous silica shells (K<sub>9</sub>[Ln(W<sub>5</sub>O<sub>18</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]@SiO<sub>2</sub>), were studied along the Ln series. The relaxivity...journal article 2021
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Heiles, B.G. (author), Terwiel, D. (author), Maresca, D. (author)Ultrasound imaging is one of the most widely used modalities in clinical practice, revealing human prenatal development but also arterial function in the adult brain. Ultrasound waves travel deep within soft biological tissues and provide information about the motion and mechanical properties of internal organs. A drawback of ultrasound...review 2021
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Saukko, Annina E.A. (author), Nykänen, Olli (author), Sarin, Jaakko K. (author), Nissi, Mikko J. (author), te Moller, Nikae C.R. (author), Weinans, Harrie (author), Mancini, Irina A.D. (author), Visser, Jetze (author), Brommer, Harold (author)To prevent the progression of posttraumatic osteoarthritis, assessment of cartilage composition is critical for effective treatment planning. Posttraumatic changes include proteoglycan (PG) loss and elevated water content. Quantitative dual-energy computed tomography (QDECT) provides a means to diagnose these changes. Here, we determine the...journal article 2021
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Langeveld, Simone A.G. (author), Beekers, Inés (author), Collado Lara, G. (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Phospholipid-coated microbubbles are ultrasound contrast agents that can be employed for ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery. For safe and effective implementation, microbubbles must respond uniformly and predictably to ultrasound. Therefore, we investigated how lipid handling and phase distribution affected the variability in the...journal article 2021
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Bhattarai, Abhisek (author), Pouran, Behdad (author), Mäkelä, Janne T.A. (author), Shaikh, Rubina (author), Honkanen, Miitu K.M. (author), Prakash, Mithilesh (author), Kröger, Heikki (author), Grinstaff, Mark W. (author), Weinans, Harrie (author), Jurvelin, Jukka S. (author), Töyräs, Juha (author)Cationic computed tomography contrast agents are more sensitive for detecting cartilage degeneration than anionic or non-ionic agents. However, osteoarthritis-related loss of proteoglycans and increase in water content contrarily affect the diffusion of cationic contrast agents, limiting their sensitivity. The quantitative dual-energy...journal article 2020
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Peters, J.A. (author)Manganese ferrite nanoparticles are superparamagnetic and have very high saturation magnetization, which makes them candidates for application as MRI contrast agents. Because these nanoparticles are very effective enhancers of transverse relaxation, they are particularly suitable as negative (T<sub>2</sub>-weighted) contrast agents. The...review 2020
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Vos, H.J. (author), Voorneveld, J.D. (author), Groot Jebbink, Erik (author), Leow, Chee Hau (author), Nie, Luzhen (author), van den Bosch, Annemien E. (author), Tang, Meng Xing (author), Freear, Steven (author), Bosch, Johan G. (author)Cardiac function and vascular function are closely related to the flow of blood within. The flow velocities in these larger cavities easily reach 1 m/s, and generally complex spatiotemporal flow patterns are involved, especially in a non-physiologic state. Visualization of such flow patterns using ultrasound can be greatly enhanced by...review 2020
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Fauzia, R.P. (author), Denkova, A.G. (author), Djanashvili, K. (author)Radiation therapy has made tremendous progress in oncology over the last decades due to advances in engineering and physical sciences in combination with better biochemical, genetic and molecular understanding of this disease. Local delivery of optimal radiation dose to a tumor, while sparing healthy surrounding tissues, remains a great...journal article 2019
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Kabiri, Y. (author), Angelin, Alessandro (author), Ahmed, Ishtiaq (author), Mutlu, Hatice (author), Bauer, Jens (author), Niemeyer, Christof M. (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Dekker, C. (author)Staining compounds containing heavy elements (electron dyes) can facilitate the visualization of DNA and related biomolecules by using TEM. However, research into the synthesis and utilization of alternative electron dyes has been limited. Here, we report the synthesis of a novel DNA intercalator molecule, bis-acridine uranyl (BAU). NMR...journal article 2019
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Beekers, D.I. (author), Lattwein, Kirby R. (author), Kouijzer, Joop J.P. (author), Langeveld, Simone A.G. (author), Vegter, M. (author), Beurskens, Robert (author), Mastik, F. (author), Verduyn Lunel, Rogier (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author)Controlling microbubble-mediated drug delivery requires the underlying biological and physical mechanisms to be unraveled. To image both microbubble oscillation upon ultrasound insonification and the resulting cellular response, we developed an optical imaging system that can achieve the necessary nanosecond temporal and nanometer spatial...journal article 2019
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Voorneveld, J.D. (author), Engelhard, S. (author), Vos, H.J. (author), Reijnen, M. (author), Gijsen, F.J.H. (author), Versluis, M. (author), Jebbink, E. Groot (author), de Jong, N. (author), Bosch, J. G. (author)Treatment of abdominal aortic (AA) aneurysms and stenotic lesions may be improved by analyzing their associated blood flow patterns. Angle-independent blood flow patterns in the AA can be obtained by combining echo-particle image velocimetry (ePIV) with high frame rate contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. However, ePIV performance is affected...journal article 2018
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Beekers, D.I. (author), van Rooij, Tom (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Ultrasound contrast agents consist of gas-filled coated microbubbles that oscillate upon ultrasound insonification. Their characteristic oscillatory response provides contrast enhancement for imaging and has the potential to locally enhance drug delivery. Since microbubble response depends on the local acoustic pressure, an ultrasound...journal article 2018
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van Rooij, Tom (author), Beekers, D.I. (author), Lattwein, Kirby R. (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)One of the main challenges for ultrasound molecular imaging is acoustically distinguishing nonbound microbubbles from those bound to their molecular target. In this in vitro study, we compared two types of in-house produced targeted lipid-coated microbubbles, either consisting of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, C16:0 (DPPC) or 1...journal article 2017
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Daeichin, Verya (author), van Rooij, Tom (author), Skachkov, Ilya (author), Ergin, Bulent (author), Specht, Patricia A.C. (author), Lima, Alexandre (author), Ince, Can (author), Bosch, Johan G. (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Although high-frequency ultrasound imaging is gaining attention in various applications, hardly any ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) dedicated to such frequencies (>15 MHz) are available for contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging. Moreover, the composition of the limited commercially available UCAs for high-frequency CEUS (hfCEUS) is...journal article 2017
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Zhang, W. (author), Martinelli, J. (author), Peters, J.A. (author), van Hengst, Jacob M.A. (author), Bouwmeester, Hans (author), Kramer, Evelien (author), Bonnet, Celia S. (author), Szeremeta, Frederic (author), Toth, Eva (author), Djanashvili, K. (author)Surface PEGylation of nanoparticles designed for biomedical applications is a common and straightforward way to stabilize the materials for in vivo administration and to increase their circulation time. This strategy becomes less trivial when MRI active porous nanomaterials are concerned as their function relies on water/proton-exchange between...journal article 2017
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