The invention belongs to the technical field of medical 
polymer materials and in particular relates to 
X ray developing thermotropic hydrogel and a preparation method thereof. The 
X ray developing thermotropic hydrogel comprises an 
iodine-containing amphiphilic block 
copolymer and a 
solvent, wherein the 
iodine-containing amphiphilic block 
copolymer is obtained by bonding an 
iodine-containing micromolecule and an amphiphilic block 
copolymer by virtue of a 
covalent bond, and thermotropic gelatinization phase transformation can be carried out on a water 
system of the 
X ray developing thermotropic hydrogel along with temperature increase. The thermotropic hydrogel can be implanted under the 
skin and implanted into an 
abdominal cavity, an 
articular cavity and other specific parts of a 
human body in a mode of injection, and in situ formed hydrogel has good X 
ray developing performance, clear positioning and long-term tracing observation can be carried out on the hydrogel by adopting an 
X ray radiography technique. The thermotropic hydrogel also can serve as a 
medicine controlled release carrier, a tissue repairing support, a blood 
vascular embolization agent, a tissue marker and the like and can be used for realizing integration of diagnosis and treatment.