Method for enhancing magnetic resonance imaging using an image altering agent containing an excess of chelating agent
US5078986A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/24
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging of body organs and tissues is enhanced by administering to a living animal body a substantially nontoxic paramagnetic image altering agent comprised of a composition containing a chelate of a paramagnetic element, such as manganese, gadolinium or iron, carried by a liposome. The chelate is carried by or within the external surface of the liposome in such a manner that after arrival at or delivery to the desired organ or tissue site, the paramagnetic image altering agent is released in a diagnostically useful fashion.
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