Microbubbles as novel pressure-sensitive MR contrast agents

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 801-806

  Alexander, Andrew L ^a,d   McCreery, Thomas T ^b   Barrette, Terry R ^b   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a   Unger, Evan C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ImaRx Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance contrast agents; microbubbles; pressure; transverse relaxation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; SPIN POLARIZATION; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD PERTURBATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; MR CONTRAST AGENTS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION;

LIPOSOMES;

ARGON; BUTANE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPOSOME; NEON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; XENON;

AIR; ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0029929924     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350603     Document Type: Article

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