Research Article

Nanoparticles in Cancer Imaging and Therapy

Figure 2

Monte Carlo visualization of the interaction of a low-energy photon (green lines) with a 20 nm gold nanoparticle (yellow sphere), showing electron tracks (red) associated with ionization events. Solid and dashed lines correspond to events outside and inside the nanoparticle, respectively. (Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Scientific Reports [22], copyright 2011.)
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