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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Photocleavable Fluorescent Dye Dyad for Diffusion Imaging
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c0008410.1021/cbmi.4c00084
Damian Schöngen,  and , Dominik Wöll*, 
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Photocleavable Fluorescent Dye Dyad for Diffusion Imaging.
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-02-21 eCollection Date: 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c00084
Damian Schöngen, Dominik Wöll
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Advances in Tracing Techniques: Mapping the Trajectory of Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles. 追踪技术的进展:绘制间充质干细胞衍生细胞外囊泡的轨迹。
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-02-02 eCollection Date: 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c00085
Jingqi Li, Zhaoyu Wang, Yongchun Wei, Wenshuai Li, Mingzhu He, Jingjing Kang, Jia Xu, Dingbin Liu
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Advances in Tracing Techniques: Mapping the Trajectory of Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles 追踪技术的进展:绘制间充质干细胞衍生的细胞外囊泡轨迹图
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-02-02 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c0008510.1021/cbmi.4c00085
Jingqi Li, Zhaoyu Wang, Yongchun Wei, Wenshuai Li, Mingzhu He, Jingjing Kang, Jia Xu and Dingbin Liu*, 
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Determining the Multivalent Effects of d-Peptide-Based Radiotracers.
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-30 eCollection Date: 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c00071
Siqi Zhang, Xiaona Sun, Wenhao Liu, Jiang Wu, Yuxuan Wu, Shuo Jiang, Xingkai Wang, Xin Gao, Quan Zuo, Hailong Zhang, Yingzi Zhang, Feng Wang, Rui Wang, Kuan Hu
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Determining the Multivalent Effects of d-Peptide-Based Radiotracers
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c0007110.1021/cbmi.4c00071
Siqi Zhang, Xiaona Sun, Wenhao Liu, Jiang Wu, Yuxuan Wu, Shuo Jiang, Xingkai Wang, Xin Gao, Quan Zuo, Hailong Zhang, Yingzi Zhang, Feng Wang, Rui Wang* and Kuan Hu*, 
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Visualization of the Biogenesis, Dynamics, and Host Interactions of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.5c0000210.1021/cbmi.5c00002
Sandrine Truchet, Jeanne Malet-Villemagne, Gilles Tessier and Jasmina Vidic*, 
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Visualization of the Biogenesis, Dynamics, and Host Interactions of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles. 细菌胞外囊泡的生物生成、动态和宿主相互作用的可视化。
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-30 eCollection Date: 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.5c00002
Sandrine Truchet, Jeanne Malet-Villemagne, Gilles Tessier, Jasmina Vidic
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Going Above and Beyond: Achieving High Contrast and Higher Offset through Carbon Dot-Based diaCEST MRI Contrast Agent.
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-28 eCollection Date: 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c00086
Shalini Pandey, Arindam Ghosh
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Going Above and Beyond: Achieving High Contrast and Higher Offset through Carbon Dot-Based diaCEST MRI Contrast Agent
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.4c0008610.1021/cbmi.4c00086
Shalini Pandey,  and , Arindam Ghosh*, 
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