Intro; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Non-viral Gene Delivery; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical Methods; 2.3 Lipofection and Polyfection; 2.4 Magnetofection; 2.5 Sonoporation: Nano-/Microbubbles and Bubble Liposomes; 2.6 Combination of Acoustic and Magnetically Active Nanoparticles; 2.7 Optical Transfection; 2.8 Gold Nanostructures; 2.8.1 Gold Nanoparticles as Oligonucleotide Carriers; 2.8.2 Photophysical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles and Gene Delivery; 2.8.3 Gold Nanorods; 2.9 Carbon Nanostructures for Gene Delivery; 2.9.1 Carbon Nanotubes; 2.9.2 Fullerene

2.9.3 Carbon Nanohorns2.9.4 Graphene; 2.9.5 Conclusions; 2.10 Localized Hyperthermia; References; Chapter 3: Specific Systems for Imaging; 3.1 Fluorescence Microscopy; 3.1.1 Multiphoton Microscopy; 3.1.2 Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy; 3.2 Particle Tracking and Photoactivated Localization Microscopy; 3.3 Quantum Dots and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; 3.4 Cellular MRI and PET Labeling; References; Chapter 4: Specific Systems for Evaluation; 4.1 Reporter Gene Expression; 4.1.1 Fluorescence: GFP/YFP/RFP; 4.1.2 Bioluminescence

4.1.2.1 Bioluminescence in Monitoring Gene Expression4.1.2.2 Bioluminescence in Disease Progression; 4.1.2.3 Bioluminescence in Cancer Monitoring; 4.1.2.4 Bioluminescence in Studying Protein-Protein Interactions; 4.1.2.5 Current and Future Advancements in Bioluminescence; 4.1.3 MRI Reporter Genes; 4.1.4 Radionuclide Reporter Imaging; 4.2 Flow Cytometry and FACS; 4.3 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR); References; Chapter 5: Conclusions and Perspectives