Prof. Li Li has long engaged himself in research of medical imaging diagnosis and molecular imaging and attains significant results in producing smart magnetic resonance contrast media, studying novel nanoprobes, multi-staging and multi-modal molecular imaging theory of tumor molecules and studies on animal models. 
He is the person in charge of the project of State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China (2004DA105074) and the seventh batch of provincial training target in the “Thousand Hundred Ten Talents Cultivation Project” of universities in Guangdong Province.

1. Cao CY, Shen YY, Wang JD, Li L*, Liang GL*. Controlled intracellular self-assembly of gadolinium nanoparticles as smart molecular MR contrast agents. Sci Rep 2013,3,1024 doi:10.1038/srep01024 (2013).

2. Tian XM, Shao YZ, He HQ, Liu H, Shen YY, Huang WL*, Li L*. Nanoamplifiers synthesized from gadolinium and gold nanocomposites for magnetic resonance imaging. Nanoscale 2013, 5(8), 3322-3329

3. Shen Y, Shao Y, He H, Tan Y, Tian X, Xie F*, Li L*. Gadolinium(3+)-doped mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a potential magnetic resonance tracer for monitoring the migration of stem cells in vivo. Int J Nanomedicine 2013,8:119-127

4. Cai HM, Cui CY, Tian HY, Zhang M, Li L*. A novel approach to segment and classify regional lymph nodes on computed tomography images. Comput Math Method M 2012,2012:145926 doi:10.1155/2012/ 145926

5. Shao YZ, Tian XM, Hu WY, Zhang YY, Liu H, He HQ, Shen YY, Xie FK, Li L*. The properties of Gd2O3-assembled silica nanocomposite targeted nanoprobes and their application in MRI. Biomaterials 2012,33(27):6438-6446

6. Feng YP, Liu QC, Zhu JF, Xie FK, Li L*. Efficiency of ferritin as an MRI reporter gene in NPC cells is enhanced by iron supplementation. J Biomed Biotechnol 2012,2012:434878 doi:10.1155/2012/434878

7. Pang YC#, Li L#, Hu WY, Peng YX, Liu LZ, Shao YZ*. Computerized segmentation and characterization of breast lesions in dynamic contrast-enhanced MR images using Fuzzy c-means clustering and snake algorithm. Comput Math Method M 2012,2012:634907 doi:10.1155/2012/634907 (2011 SCI IF 0.684)

8. Cui CY, Cai HM, Liu LZ, Li LR, Tian HY, Li L*. Quantitative analysis and prediction of regional lymph node Status in rectal cancer based on computed tomography imaging. Eur Radiol 2011,21(11):2318-2325

9. Shao YZ, Liu LZ, Song XQ, Cao RH, Liu H, Cui CY, Li X, Bie MJ, Li L*. A novel one-step synthesis of Gd3+ incorporated mesoporous SiO2 nanoparticles for use as an efficient MRI contrast agent. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 2011,6(2):110-118

10. Feng YP, Liu QC, Zhu JF, Xie FK, Li L*. Development and applications of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma Tet-Off cell line. Oncol Lett 2011, 3(2):525-530

11. Shao YZ, Liu LZ, MJ, Li CC, Wu YP, Xie XM, Li L*. Characterizing the clustered microcalcifications on mammograms to predict the pathological classification and grading: a mathematical modeling approach. J Digital Imaging 2011, 24(5):764-771

12. Liu LZ, Liang SB, Li L*, Mao YP, Tang LL, Tian L, Liao XB, Cui CY, Lin AH, Ma J*. Prognostic impact of magnetic resonance imaging-detected cranial nerve involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer 2009,115(9):1995-2003

13. Cui CY, Liu LZ, Ma J, Liang SB, Tian L, Tang LL, Li L*. Trigeminal nerve palsy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Correlation between clinical findings and magnetic resonance imaging. Head Neck 2009,31(6):822-828

14. Li L, Liu LZ, Wu QL, Mo YX, Liu XW, Cui CY, Wan DS*. CT-guided core needle in diagnosis of pancreatic diseases with an automated biopsy gun. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2008,19(1):89-94

15. Ma J, Liu L, Tang L, Zong J, Lin A, Lu T, Cui N, Cui C, Li L*. Retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: prognostic value and staging categories. Clin Cancer Res 2007,13(5):1445-1452

16. Liu LZ, Zhang GY, Xie CM, Liu XW, Cui CY, Li L*. Magnetic resonance imaging of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in 　　nasopharyngeal carcinoma: patterns of spread. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006,66(3):721-730

17. Li L, Wu PH, Huang JL, Liu RY, Zeng YX, Huang WL*. Adenovirus-mediated intra-tumoral delivery of the human endostatin gene inhibits tumor growth in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Cancer 2006,118(8):2064-2071

Last Updated on: July 2015 by International Office, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center