eprintid: 10132082 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/13/20/82 datestamp: 2021-08-03 08:49:54 lastmod: 2023-12-11 14:12:08 status_changed: 2021-08-03 08:49:54 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bayford, R creators_name: Damaso, R creators_name: Neshatvar, N creators_name: Ivanenko, Y creators_name: Rademacher, T creators_name: Yu, W creators_name: Seifnaraghi, N creators_name: Ghali, L creators_name: Parel, N creators_name: Roitt, I creators_name: Nordebo, S creators_name: Demosthenous, A title: Locating Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Using Electrical Impedance Tomography ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: Abstract Objective: An imaging device to locate functionalized nanoparticles, whereby therapeutic agents are transported from the site of administration specifically to diseased tissues, remains a challenge for pharmaceutical research. Here, we show a new method based on electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to provide images of the location of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and the excitation of GNPs with radio frequencies (RF) to change impedance permitting an estimation of their location in cell models Methods: We have created an imaging system using quantum cluster GNPs as a contrast agent, activated with RF fields to heat the functionalized GNPs, which causes a change in impedance in the surrounding region. This change is then identified with EIT. Results: Images of impedance changes of around 804% are obtained for a sample of citrate stabilized GNPs in a solution of phosphate-buffered saline. A second quantification was carried out using colorectal cancer cells incubated with culture media, and the internalization of GNPs into the colorectal cancer cells was undertaken to compare them with the EIT images. When the cells were incubated with functionalized GNPs, the change was more apparent, approximately 402%. This change was reflected in the EIT image as the cell area was more clearly identifiable from the rest of the area. Significance: EIT can be used as a new method to locate functionalized GNPs in human cells and help in the development of GNP-based drugs in humans to improve their efficacy in the future. date: 2022-01 date_type: published publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2021.3100256 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1878766 doi: 10.1109/TBME.2021.3100256 lyricists_name: Bayford, Richard lyricists_name: Demosthenous, Andreas lyricists_name: Neshatvar, Nazanin lyricists_id: RBAYF91 lyricists_id: ACDEM08 lyricists_id: NESHA66 actors_name: Demosthenous, Andreas actors_id: ACDEM08 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering volume: 69 number: 1 pagerange: 494-502 issn: 1558-2531 citation: Bayford, R; Damaso, R; Neshatvar, N; Ivanenko, Y; Rademacher, T; Yu, W; Seifnaraghi, N; ... Demosthenous, A; + view all <#> Bayford, R; Damaso, R; Neshatvar, N; Ivanenko, Y; Rademacher, T; Yu, W; Seifnaraghi, N; Ghali, L; Parel, N; Roitt, I; Nordebo, S; Demosthenous, A; - view fewer <#> (2022) Locating Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Using Electrical Impedance Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering , 69 (1) pp. 494-502. 10.1109/TBME.2021.3100256 <https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2021.3100256>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132082/1/Locating%20Functionalized%20Gold%20Nanoparticles%20Using%20Electrical%20Impedance%20Tomography.pdf