P33 - Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles
- Event
- SMSI 2023
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-11
Nürnberg - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- Poster
- Author(s)
- C. Huber, H. Ermert, S. Lyer - Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen (Germany), K. El Aawar, I. Ullmann - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen (Germany)
- Pages
- 344 - 345
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2023/P33
- ISBN
- 978-3-9819376-8-8
- Price
- free
Abstract
In magnetic drug targeting, superparamagnetic nanoparticles are used as drug carriers. The local accumulation of these particles at the site of the tumor leads to a temporary change in the effective elastic tissue properties in this area. Therefore, mapping this change should allow visualization of the particle distribution. Ultrasound strain imaging is a method to map the local variation of elasticity. This method was tested using a polyvinyl alcohol ultrasound phantom with a magnetic nanoparticle inclusion. It was demonstrated, that this inclusion can be mapped in the proposed way.