Review Article

Nanoparticle-Based Paramagnetic Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 1

Examples of nanoparticle-based paramagnetic contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging included in this review.

MaterialSize (nm)r1 (mM−1·s−1)r2 (mM−1·s−1)Magnetic field (T)Reference

Gd-Si-DTTA3719.760.03[37]
MSN-DTTA-Gd7528.865.53[38]
Gd-DOTA-MSNs66.3 ± 6.633.6 ± 1.37[39]
CeOx : Gd9%3.813.425.81.41[40]
GO-DOTA-Gd20–5014.211.7[41]
iGd-TMV-Si300 × 18 nm, 4 nm internal channel29.71.41[42]
Gd-DND4.933.4332.08[43]
Hsp DTPA-Gd nanocage37.147.41.5[44]
DOTA(Gd)-Fe@Fe3O42587.2109.40.5[45]
Gd-M-dots14.5823.4123.33[46]
Gd2O31.09.910.51.5[15]
Silica-Gd2O391.530.80.55[47]
Gd2O3 : Eu3+7.4 ± 0.334.33[48]
QDs@DTDTPA-Gd24.7 ± 2.79.93[49]
A-C-dots@Ce698 ± 1032.13[50]
GBCAs-BP7015.473.53[51]
GDO(Gd + Dy)1.06.040.01.5[52]
PEG-MnO1.912.960.33[53]
MnO70.41.73[16]
Mn3O4@CF̴703.51.41[17]
MnIO17.357.8 ± 6.5306.3 ± 15.20.5[54]
OA-PL-HMON1.19.23[55]
NCP@peg-AA78.6 ± 5.411.619.73[56]
NPs-dopa-PEG-DOTA/RGD26.4 ± 7.5267.57[57]
64Cu-NOTA-FA-FI-PEG-PEI-Ac-Mn3O4476.5 ± 13.51.00.5[58]
Mn-LDH48.0 ± 1.89.5 at pH 5.0
1.2 at pH 7.4
16.4[59]
Fe3O4@C@MnO21505.3 at pH 5
2.2 at pH 7.4
364.2 at pH 5
442.4 at pH 7.4
3[60]
MnO@Au NCs45.0 ± 5.12.4 at pH 5.4
1.2 at pH 7.4
7[61]
Dy-MSNs-L166.2 ± 1.9143.5 ± 8.211.7[20]
Dy(DOTA)-Cy7.5-TMV-PEG-DGEA300 × 18 nm, 4 nm internal channel399.09.4[62]
DyF3100.350.9380.49.4[63]
D2O3 (D-glucuronic acid coating)3.20.00865.01.5[18]
NaDyF420.30.3101.09.4[19]
Dy-doped MnCO39.27 ± 0.724.57[64]
Dy2O3 : Tb3+3.0 ± 0.32.27[65]
PEG-NaGdF4:Dy5.210.69.4[66]
SiO2@Gd2O3 : Dy3+101.530.20.55[67]
NaHoF428.90.6222.67[68]
PEG-Ho2O380–9023.51.5[69]
HoF394.30.6608.49.4[63]