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Combined Magnetomotive ultrasound, PET/CT, and MR imaging of (68)Ga-labelled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in rat sentinel lymph nodes in vivo

Evertsson, Maria LU ; Kjellman, Pontus LU ; Cinthio, Magnus LU ; Andersson, Roger LU ; Tran, Thuy A LU ; In 'T Zandt, René LU orcid ; Grafström, Gustav LU ; Toftevall, Hanna ; Fredriksson, Sarah and Ingvar, Christian LU , et al. (2017) In Scientific Reports 7(1).
Abstract

Current methods for intra-surgical guidance to localize metastases at cancer surgery are based on radioactive tracers that cause logistical challenges. We propose the use of a novel ultrasound-based method, magnetomotive ultrasound (MMUS) imaging that employ a nanoparticle-based contrast agent that also may be used for pre-operative PET/MRI imaging. Since MMUS is radiation free, this eliminates the dependence between pre- and intra-operative imaging and the radiation exposure for the surgical staff. This study investigates a hypothetical clinical scenario of pre-operative PET imaging, combined with intra-operative MMUS imaging, implemented in a sentinel lymph node (SLN) rat model. At one-hour post injection of (68)Ga-labelled magnetic... (More)

Current methods for intra-surgical guidance to localize metastases at cancer surgery are based on radioactive tracers that cause logistical challenges. We propose the use of a novel ultrasound-based method, magnetomotive ultrasound (MMUS) imaging that employ a nanoparticle-based contrast agent that also may be used for pre-operative PET/MRI imaging. Since MMUS is radiation free, this eliminates the dependence between pre- and intra-operative imaging and the radiation exposure for the surgical staff. This study investigates a hypothetical clinical scenario of pre-operative PET imaging, combined with intra-operative MMUS imaging, implemented in a sentinel lymph node (SLN) rat model. At one-hour post injection of (68)Ga-labelled magnetic nanoparticles, six animals were imaged with combined PET/CT. After two or four days, the same animals were imaged with MMUS. In addition, ex-vivo MRI was used to evaluate the amount of nanoparticles in each single SLN. All SLNs were detectable by PET. Four out of six SLNs could be detected with MMUS, and for these MMUS and MRI measurements were in close agreement. The MRI measurements revealed that the two SLNs undetectable with MMUS contained the lowest nanoparticle concentrations. This study shows that MMUS can complement standard pre-operative imaging by providing bedside real-time images with high spatial resolution.

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10.1038/s41598-017-04396-z
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  author       = {{Evertsson, Maria and Kjellman, Pontus and Cinthio, Magnus and Andersson, Roger and Tran, Thuy A and In 'T Zandt, René and Grafström, Gustav and Toftevall, Hanna and Fredriksson, Sarah and Ingvar, Christian and Strand, Sven-Erik and Jansson, Tomas}},
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  title        = {{Combined Magnetomotive ultrasound, PET/CT, and MR imaging of (68)Ga-labelled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in rat sentinel lymph nodes in vivo}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04396-z}},
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