Hieu Vu Quang spent the last three years developing nanoparticles as a contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Nanoparticles enhance the contrast in MRI and thus improve the disease diagnosis, as well as tracking down the labelled cell in real time. His studies focused on two types of nanoparticles: iron oxide nanoparticles, which are used as a negative contrast in ¹H MRI images, and fluorinated nanoparticles, which yield a positive contrast with free background in ¹⁹F MRI images.

The research findings contribute to new methods for contrast improvement in MRI. These nanoparticles have proved to be able to meet the target: they could be used to target cancer for better diagnosis or to label the cells for real time imaging using MRI.

The PhD degree was completed at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Science and Technology, Aarhus University.

Time: Wednesday 22 April 2015 at 13.15
Place: Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC), building 1110, room 223, Aarhus University, C. F. Møllers Allé 8
Title of dissertation: Contrast agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Contact information: Hieu Vu Quang, hieuvu@inano.au.dk, +45 8190 2492
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Elias Fattal, School of Pharmacy, University of Paris South, France
Professor Torben Moos, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University
Professor Jan Skov Pedersen (chair), iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Main supervisor:
Professor Jørgen Kjems, iNANO and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
Co-supervisor:
Professor Niels Christian Nielsen, iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Language: The dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The dissertation is available for reading at the Graduate School of Science and Technology/GSST, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, room 112, 8000 Aarhus C.