Biocompatibility of Liposome Nanocarriers in the Rat Inner Ear After Intratympanic Administration

Table 1 Signal ratio of the inner ear region of interest in gadolinium-enhanced MRI

ID of rats	treatment	Signal ratio of treatment over untreated control in the region of interest
ID of rats	treatment	ST	SV	Vest
281	LPNs	1.04	0.93	1.01
282	LPNs	0.99	0.95	1.01
269	AgNPs	1.30	1.37	1.29
271	AgNPs	1.36	1.03	1.05

Gd-DOTA (0.725 mM/kg) was injected into the tail vein 2 h before the MRI measurements. AgNPs silver nanoparticles, ID identification number, LPNs liposome nanocarriers, ST scala tympani, SV scala vestibuli, Vest vestibulum