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Synthesis, characterization, and imaging of radiopaque bismuth beads for image-guided transarterial embolization.


ABSTRACT: Current therapy for hypervascular cancers, e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma, includes occlusion of the tumor blood supply by arterial infusion of embolic microspheres (beads) suspended in iodine-based contrast under fluoroscopic guidance. Available radiopaque, imageable beads use iodine as the radiopacifier and cannot be differentiated from contrast. This study aimed to synthesize and characterize imageable beads using bismuth as the radiopacifier that could be distinguished from iodine contrast based upon the difference in the binding energy of k-shell electrons (k-edge). Radiodense bismuth beads were successfully synthesized some with uniform bismuth distribution across the beads. The beads were spherical and could be infused through clinical microcatheters. The bismuth beads could be imaged with clinical dual-energy computed tomography (CT), where iodine-based contrast could be distinguished from the microspheres. The ability to separate iodine from bismuth may enhance the diagnostic information acquired on follow-up CT, identifying the distribution of the embolic beads separately from the contrast. Furthermore, with sequential use of iodine- and bismuth-based beads, the two radiopaque beads could be spatially distinguished on imaging, which may enable the development of dual drug delivery and dual tracking.

SUBMITTER: Negussie AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7804415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Synthesis, characterization, and imaging of radiopaque bismuth beads for image-guided transarterial embolization.

Negussie Ayele H AH   de Ruiter Quirina M B QMB   Britton Hugh H   Donahue Danielle R DR   Boffi Quentin Q   Kim Young-Seung YS   Pritchard William F WF   Moonen Chrit C   Storm Gert G   Lewis Andrew L AL   Wood Bradford J BJ  

Scientific reports 20210112 1


Current therapy for hypervascular cancers, e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma, includes occlusion of the tumor blood supply by arterial infusion of embolic microspheres (beads) suspended in iodine-based contrast under fluoroscopic guidance. Available radiopaque, imageable beads use iodine as the radiopacifier and cannot be differentiated from contrast. This study aimed to synthesize and characterize imageable beads using bismuth as the radiopacifier that could be distinguished from iodine contrast b  ...[more]

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