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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2015 Dec 22;8(4):619–630. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1386

Table 1.

Representative examples of radiolabeled iron oxide nanoparticles

Radioisotopes Half-life Nanoparticles Radiolabeling methods Chelators Applications References
99mTc 6 h IONPs-PEG Chelator-free N/A SPECT/MRI 27
IONPs-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Chelator-based DTPA, NOTA SPECT/MRI 26
USPIO Chelator-based Bisphosphonates SPECT/MRI 28, 29
111In 67.2 h IONPs-dextran Chelator-based DTPA SPECT/MRI 34
IONPs-PEG Chelator-free N/A N/A 57
Ferumoxytol Chelator-free N/A N/A 64
125I 59 d IONPs@SiO2 Iodogen oxidization method N/A SPECT/MRI/Optical 37
68Ga 68 min INOPs Chelator-based NOTA PET/MRI 44
18F 109.8 min Aminated cross-linked dextran IONPs Click chemistry N/A PET/MRI 47
11C 20.3 min IONPs-NH2 or IONPs-COOH Methylation reactions N/A PET/MRI 49
64Cu 12.7 h IONPs-PEG Chelator-based DOTA PET/MRI 39
IONPs-dextran Chelator-based DOTA N/A 40
IONPs-PEG Chelator-based NOTA PET/MRI 41
MoS2-IONPs Chelator-free N/A PET/MRI 60
Ferumoxytol Chelator-free N/A N/A 64
89Zr 3.3 d Ferumoxytol Chelator-based DFO PET/MRI 63
Ferumoxytol Chelator-free N/A PET/CT 64
69Ge 69 h IONPs@PAA Chelator-free N/A PET/MRI 68
72As 26 h IONPs@PAA Chelator-free N/A PET/MRI 67