Paramagnetic nanoparticle T 1 and T 2 MRI contrast agents

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 12687-12700

  Xu, Wenlong ^a   Kattel, Krishna ^a   Park, Ja Young ^a   Chang, Yongmin ^b   Kim, Tae Jeong ^a   Lee, Gang Ho ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LANTHANIDE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; RATS;

EID: 84865703908     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41357d     Document Type: Review

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