Making Colorful MRI’s
May 10, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
Professor Li Sun, in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston has developed nanoparticles which can be coated with proteins that bond with specific cell types. Then, when used as contrasting agents for MRI images, software can product pictures in color instead of the usual gray scale. Sun also supposes these nanoparticles could be used with high-frequency magnetic field generation to kill tumor cells. MORE
Image Credit: Cullen College of Engineering at University of Houston
