Targeted relaxation enhancement agents for MRI
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- smrm workshop
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 22 (2), 339-342
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910220237
Abstract
The design, relative merits, and initial applications of targeted relaxation enhancement agents, a new form of MRI contrast media, are briefly discussed. These agents are designed to bind reversibly to target macromolecules in a tissue of interest, thus enhancing water proton relaxation efficiency and MRI contrast. Initial applications for targeted agents include blood pool and hepatobiliary imaging. © 1991 Academic Press, Inc.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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