Methods for an improved detection of the MRI-CEST effect

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-247

  Terreno, Enzo ^a   Stancanello, Joseph ^b   Longo, Dario ^a   Delli Castelli, Daniela ^a   Milone, Luciano ^a   Sanders, Honorius M H F ^c   Kok, Maarten B ^c   Uggeri, Fulvio ^b   Aime, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CEST; Liposomes; MRI; Saturation transfer

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM 1 PALMITOYL 2 OLEYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE CHOLESTEROL DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE MACROGOL 2000; DYSPROSIUM 1,2 DIPALMITOYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE 1,2 DISTEAROYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE N [METHOXY(MACROGOL 2000)]; LIPOSOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; THULIUM 1 PALMITOYL 2 OLEYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE CHOLESTEROL DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE MACROGOL 2000; THULIUM 1,2 DIPALMITOYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE 1,2 DISTEAROYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE N [METHOXY(MACROGOL 2000)]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 71649104936     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.290     Document Type: Article

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