Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (AMI 227) as a blood pool contrast agent for MR angiography: Experimental study in rabbits

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 958-962

  Loubeyre, Pierre ^a   Zhao, Shihua ^a   Canet, Emmanuelle ^a   Abidi, Hassane ^b   Benderbous, Soraya ^c   Revel, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c Laboratoire Guerbet   (France)

Author keywords

Iron oxide particles; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; RENAL ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OXIDES; RABBITS;

EID: 0031397811     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070604     Document Type: Article

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