A novel method for quantitative monitoring of transplanted islets of langerhans by positive contrast magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1158-1168

  Crowe, L A ^a   Ris, F ^a   Nielles Vallespin, S ^b   Speier, P ^b   Masson, S ^a   Armanet, M ^a   Morel, P ^a   Toso, C ^a   Bosco, D ^a   Berney, T ^a   Vallee, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron oxide; islet; MRI; quantification; rat; ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79958841760     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03559.x     Document Type: Article

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