Magnetic Nanoparticles: Particle Science, Imaging Technology, and Clinical Applications - Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (Electronic book text)

In these proceedings an overview on recent results of a novel imaging modality based on magnetic nanoparticles is given. This imaging concept called magnetic particle imaging (MPI) falls into the category of functional imaging and hence the magnetic nanoparticles may serve as tracers of metabolic processes. Today there are interesting challenges within the practical set-up of a scanning device and also in the design of new MPI nanoparticles. During this workshop at the University of Lubeck in 2010 scientists from chemical engineering biology electrical engineering physics computer sciences and medicine discussed the promises and challenges of MPI.