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Table 2 Summary of MR relaxivities of iron oxide nanoparticles in the literature

From: Hybrid, metal oxide-peptide amphiphile micelles for molecular magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerosis

Iron oxide nanoparticle

Diameter (nm)

r1 (mM−1 s−1)

r2 (mM−1 s−1)

Field (T)

References

MION

16

25

150

0.47

[47]

PVP-grafted MNP

14

2.6

72

1.5

[48]

USPION

20

5.1

94

1.4

[49]

LSPIO

39

11

119

9.4

[20]

USPION

11

7.4

218

7

[50]

USPION

35

6.6

128

3

[51]

USPION

35

15.5

100

1.5

[51]

Ferumoxtran-10

18

24

53

0.47

[52]

Feridex

120–180

23.9

98.3

0.47

[53]

Resovist

60

11

130

1.4

[54]

Feraheme

20–30

3.1

68

7

[55]

VSOP

4

15

32

1.5

[55]

ZES-SPION

4.4

1.5

17

7

[55]

Fe-M

20.4

0.2

457

11.4

 
  1. MION monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticle, PVP-grafted MNP poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) functionalized magnetite nanoparticles, USNP ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle, LSPIO lipid-coated ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron particles, VSOP very small iron oxide nanoparticle, ZES-SPION zwitterion-coated exceedingly small iron oxide nanoparticle