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Comparative hyperthermia effects of silica–gold nanoshells with different surface coverage of gold clusters on epithelial tumor cells
摘要： Silica–gold nanoshell (SGNS), which is a silica core surrounded by a gold layer, was synthesized by seed-mediated coalescence of gold clusters in an electroless plating solution. SGNS variations with different surface coverage of gold clusters were prepared by adjusting the amounts of gold salts in the presence of formaldehyde-reducing agents. Fully covered SGNS (f-SGNS) with connected gold clusters exhibited stronger intensity and more redshift of plasmon bands located around 820 nm than those of partially covered SGNS (p-SGNS) with disconnected gold clusters. Upon irradiation with near-infrared light (30 W/cm2, 700–800 nm), f-SGNS caused a larger hyperthermia effect, generating a large temperature change (?T =42°C), as compared to the relatively small temperature change (?T =24°C) caused by p-SGNS. The therapeutic antibody, Erbitux? (ERB), was further conjugated to SGNS for specific tumor cell targeting. The f-ERB-SGNS showed excellent therapeutic efficacy based on the combined effect of both the therapeutic antibody and the full hyperthermia dose under near-infrared irradiation. Thus, SGNS with well-controlled surface morphology of gold shells may be applicable for near-infrared-induced hyperthermia therapy with tunable optical properties.
关键词： gold nanoshell,plasmon resonance,human epithelial cancer,Erbitux,hyperthermia
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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An ellipsoid convex enhancement filter for detection of asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm candidates in CAD frameworks
摘要： Various kinds of enhancement filters have been developed in computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) frameworks for asymptomatic intracranial aneurysms in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). However, many bending or branching portions on vessels are also enhanced by the conventional filters as false positives in 3.0 T MRA, which can visualize smaller vessels compared with 1.5 T MRA. To overcome this problem, this study focused on developing an ellipsoid convex enhancement (ECE) filter, which can selectively enhance aneurysms while reducing false positive contrasts on bending or branching portions on vessels, for detection of asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm candidates in CAD frameworks. The ECE filter was mathematically designed to enhance various convex regions in the intensity space such as convex aneurysms, in which the ratio of the shortest and longest diameters for aneurysms corresponds to the ratio of reciprocals of the square roots of the first and third eigenvalues of a Hessian matrix. The proposed ECE filter was evaluated by measuring an average contrast for false positive models and free-response receiver operating characteristic curves between two simple CAD frameworks using the ECE and conventional filters based on a leave-one-out-by-patient test. MRA images for thirty patients (male: 10, female: 20; age: 48–86 yr, mean: 69.2) with 31 unruptured aneurysms (longest diameter: 2.0–5.5 mm, mean: 3.7 mm) were selected for this study. The average contrast for false positive models was reduced by 51.4% using the ECE filter, compared with the conventional filter for the convex regions with ratios of the shortest and longest diameters less than 0.4. The number of false positives per case was decreased from 41.1 to 22.8 on average at a sensitivity of 87% by using the ECE filter. The ECE filter would be useful for boosting the performance of the CAD framework of asymptomatic intracranial aneurysms by providing higher contrast aneurysms and lower contrast false positives such as bending or branching portions on vessels.
关键词： unruptured intracranial aneurysm,ellipsoid convex enhancement (ECE) filter,magnetic resonance angiography (MRA),computer-aided diagnosis (CAD)
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Point defect chemistry of donor-doped bismuth titanate ceramic
摘要： This communication reports on the defect chemistry at room temperature of barium (Ba) doped bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3O12), emphasizing the influence of the point defects on its electrical properties. Pure and Ba doped Bi4Ti3O12 were prepared by a conventional solid-phase reaction technique. The addition of Ba into the crystal structure of Bi4Ti3O12 was monitored by X-ray diffraction measurements combined with Rietveld refinement studies where it was determined that Ba occupies the bismuth (Bi) lattice sites as well as the presence of oxygen vacancies (V??O). The characterization of the point defects was carried out using impedance and electron spin resonance spectroscopies where the results support the models of compensation mechanisms dominated by electrical positive charges (h?) and oxygen vacancies (V??O).
关键词： defect chemistry,X-ray diffraction,Rietveld refinement,impedance spectroscopy,solid-phase reaction,barium doped bismuth titanate,electron spin resonance spectroscopy,electrical properties,oxygen vacancies
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14