Development of a T1 contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging using Gd2O3 nanoparticles

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-540

  Behrouzkia, J ^a   Riyahi Alam, N ^a   Jahromi, S Haghgoo ^b   Moddaresi, M H ^c   Seifalian, A ^d   Saffari, M ^c   Bakhtiary, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; MRI contrast agent; Relaxivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSIS; GLYCOLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; POLYOLS; SCANNING;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; MRI CONTRAST AGENTS; PROTON RELAXATION; RELAXIVITY;

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77950884490     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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