Diffusion properties of conventional and calcium-sensitive MRI contrast agents in the rat cerebral cortex

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-82

  Hagberg, Gisela E ^a,f   Mamedov, Ilgar ^a   Power, Anthony ^a   Beyerlein, Michael ^a   Merkle, Hellmut ^b   Kiselev, Valerij G ^d   Dhingra, Kirti ^a   Kubìček, Vojtěch ^e   Angelovski, Goran ^a   Logothetis, Nikos K ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; Extracellular calcium; MRI; Responsive contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DRUG DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MRI; RESPONSIVE CONTRAST AGENT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS;

EID: 84893125278     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1535     Document Type: Article

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