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Hot nanoparticles light up cancer

Nature Nanotechnology volume 5, pages 630–631 (2010)Cite this article

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Targeting magnetic nanoparticles to tumours then applying an alternating magnetic field can improve the contrast for infrared thermal imaging.

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Figure 1: Improving the contrast in infrared thermal imaging.

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  1. John B. Weaver is in the Department of Radiology, Dartmouth College Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. john.b.weaver@hitchcock.org,

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Weaver, J. Hot nanoparticles light up cancer. Nature Nanotech 5, 630–631 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.181

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