Fig. 9From: Preparation, toxicity reduction and radiation therapy application of gold nanorods(Reproduced with permission [19]. Copyright 2011, Elsevier Ltd)A The thin-section TEM image of MGC803 cells incubated with 50Â mM of GNR-SiO2-FA for 2Â h; B The viability of MGC803 cells incubated with 100Â mL of GNR-SiO2-FA with various concentration for 24Â h under 6Â Gy of X-ray irradiation; C Real-time in vivo X-ray images after intravenous injection of GNR-SiO2-FA in nude mice at different time points: (a) Photograph of the tumor tissue; (b) X-ray image at 0Â h; (c) X-ray image at 0Â h (in color); (d) X-ray image at 12Â h, (e) X-ray image at 12Â h (in color); (f) X-ray image at 24Â h (in color) Back to article page