Novel Gd nanoparticles enhance vascular contrast for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.

Gadolinium (Gd), with its 7 unpaired electrons in 4f orbitals that provide a very large magnetic moment, is proven to be among the best agents for contrast enhanced MRI. Unfortunately, the most potent MR contrast agent based on Gd requires relatively high doses of Gd. The Gd-chelated to diethylene-t...

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Main Authors: Tot Bui, Jeff Stevenson, John Hoekman, Shanrong Zhang, Kenneth Maravilla, Rodney J Y Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2948015?pdf=render