X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study

The growing field of cellular therapies in regenerative medicine and oncology calls for more refined diagnostic tools that are able to investigate and monitor the function and success of said therapies. X-ray Fluorescence Imaging (XFI) can be applied for molecular imaging with nanoparticles, such as...

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Autores principales: Arthur Ungerer, Theresa Staufer, Oliver Schmutzler, Christian Körnig, Kai Rothkamm, Florian Grüner
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:83f6cd08b999442384ffa2d85373a4682021-11-25T17:03:43ZX-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study10.3390/cancers132257592072-6694https://doaj.org/article/83f6cd08b999442384ffa2d85373a4682021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/22/5759https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6694The growing field of cellular therapies in regenerative medicine and oncology calls for more refined diagnostic tools that are able to investigate and monitor the function and success of said therapies. X-ray Fluorescence Imaging (XFI) can be applied for molecular imaging with nanoparticles, such as gold nanoparticles (GNPs), which can be used in immune cell tracking. We present a Monte Carlo simulation study on the sensitivity of detection and associated radiation dose estimations in an idealized setup of XFI in human-sized objects. Our findings demonstrate the practicability of XFI in human-sized objects, as immune cell tracking with a minimum detection limit of 4.4 × 10<sup>5</sup> cells or 0.86 μg gold in a cubic volume of 1.78 mm<sup>3</sup> can be achieved. Therefore, our results show that the current technological developments form a good basis for high sensitivity XFI.Arthur UngererTheresa StauferOliver SchmutzlerChristian KörnigKai RothkammFlorian GrünerMDPI AGarticleX-ray fluorescenceXFIGEANT4immune celltrackingimmunotherapyNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENCancers, Vol 13, Iss 5759, p 5759 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic X-ray fluorescence
XFI
GEANT4
immune cell
tracking
immunotherapy
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
spellingShingle X-ray fluorescence
XFI
GEANT4
immune cell
tracking
immunotherapy
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
Arthur Ungerer
Theresa Staufer
Oliver Schmutzler
Christian Körnig
Kai Rothkamm
Florian Grüner
X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
description The growing field of cellular therapies in regenerative medicine and oncology calls for more refined diagnostic tools that are able to investigate and monitor the function and success of said therapies. X-ray Fluorescence Imaging (XFI) can be applied for molecular imaging with nanoparticles, such as gold nanoparticles (GNPs), which can be used in immune cell tracking. We present a Monte Carlo simulation study on the sensitivity of detection and associated radiation dose estimations in an idealized setup of XFI in human-sized objects. Our findings demonstrate the practicability of XFI in human-sized objects, as immune cell tracking with a minimum detection limit of 4.4 × 10<sup>5</sup> cells or 0.86 μg gold in a cubic volume of 1.78 mm<sup>3</sup> can be achieved. Therefore, our results show that the current technological developments form a good basis for high sensitivity XFI.
format article
author Arthur Ungerer
Theresa Staufer
Oliver Schmutzler
Christian Körnig
Kai Rothkamm
Florian Grüner
author_facet Arthur Ungerer
Theresa Staufer
Oliver Schmutzler
Christian Körnig
Kai Rothkamm
Florian Grüner
author_sort Arthur Ungerer
title X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
title_short X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
title_full X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
title_fullStr X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
title_full_unstemmed X-ray-Fluorescence Imaging for In Vivo Detection of Gold-Nanoparticle-Labeled Immune Cells: A GEANT4 Based Feasibility Study
title_sort x-ray-fluorescence imaging for in vivo detection of gold-nanoparticle-labeled immune cells: a geant4 based feasibility study
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/83f6cd08b999442384ffa2d85373a468
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