Improved delineation of human brain tumors on MR images using a long- circulating, superparamagnetic iron oxide agent

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-232

  Enochs, W Scott ^a,b   Harsh, Griffith ^a   Hochberg, Fred ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Contrast enhancement; Endocytosis; Gliomas; Iron oxides; Metastasis; MR Imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; LONG ACTING DRUG; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032968340     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199902)9:2<228::AID-JMRI12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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