Small particulate gadolinium oxide and gadolinium oxide albumin microspheres as multimodal contrast and therapeutic agents

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 305-310

  McDonald, Michael A ^b   Watkin, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast media; CT; MRI; Multimodal imaging and therapy

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM OXIDE ALBUMIN MICROSPHERE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MICROSPHERE; SMALL PARTICULATE GADOLINIUM OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 0038440782     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000067487.84243.91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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