Inventors:
Vijaya Kattumuri - Surrey, CA
Kattesh V. Katti - Columbia MO, US
Evan Boote - Columbia MO, US
Raghuraman Kannan - Columbia MO, US
Stan Casteel - Auxvasse MO, US
Robert Churchill - Columbia MO, US
Assignee:
THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - Columbia MO
International Classification:
A61K 49/04, C07K 7/08, C40B 40/00, A61B 6/03, G01N 23/04
US Classification:
424 942, 530327, 506 13, 378 4, 378 62
Abstract:
A kit for providing a contrast enhancer in a mammal for contrasting during imaging of the mammal comprises functionalized gold nanoparticles configured to be directed to one or more of a target organ, tissue and lesion of the mammal.