摘要:
The present invention relates to contrast agents for diagnostic imaging with prolonged blood retention. In particular, this invention relates to novel compounds that are characterized by an image enhancing moiety (IEM); a protein plasma binding moiety (PPBM); and a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM). This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions for blood half-life extension and contrast enhancement of diagnostic imaging.
摘要:
This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the delivery of advice to consumers using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and then rapidly assist in connecting the expert and consumer for real-time communication. The server can also have the ability to receive keywords from the consumer, match those keywords to one or more experts, and tell the consumer how to contact an expert.
摘要:
An NMR contrast agent composition contains a complex of a selected metal ion and a selected ligand. The ion is selected from the group consisting of gadolinium (III), iron (III), manganese (II), manganese (III), chromium (III), copper (II), dysprosium (III), terbium (III), holmium (III), erbium (III), europium (II), and europium (III); and the ligand is a linear two-nitrogen compound having one 2-hydroxy-aryl group at one of the nitrogens; or the ligand is a linear two-nitrogen compound having one or two 2-hydroxy-aryl groups at each of the nitrogens; or the ligand is a linear three-, four-, or five-nitrogen compound having one or two 2-hydroxy-aryl substituents at each of one or more of the nitrogens, or the ligand is a heterocyclic compound having a ring containing three or four nitrogens, and having a 2-hydroxy-aryl substitent at one or more of the nitrogens; or the ligand is a heterocyclic compound having a ring containing 4 nitrogens, and having a carboxyl group at two of the nitrogens and an aromatic substituent at the other two of the nitrogens.
摘要:
A method of decreasing the NMR relaxation times (T.sub.1 or T.sub.2) of water protons in contact with a biological tissue, the method involving administering to a human patient an NMR contrast agent comprising a paramagnetic ion complexed with a chelating substance, the contrast agent being characterized in that it is capable of binding non-covalently and non-immunologically to a component of the tissue, and as a result of such binding is capable of enhancing relaxivity of the water protons by a factor of at least 2, compared to the relaxivity induced by the paramagnetic substance alone free in solution, and subjecting the patient to NMR imaging.
摘要:
This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the delivery of advice to consumers using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and then rapidly assist in connecting the expert and consumer for real-time communication. The server can also have the ability to receive keywords from the consumer, match those keywords to one or more experts, and tell the consumer how to contact an expert.
摘要:
The present invention relates to contrast agents for diagnostic imaging with prolonged blood retention. In particular, this invention relates to novel compounds that are characterized by an image enhancing moiety (IEM); a protein plasma binding moiety (PPBM); and a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM). This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions for blood half-life extension and contrast enhancement of diagnostic imaging.
摘要:
This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the delivery of advice to consumers using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and then rapidly assist in connecting the expert and consumer for real-time communication. The server can also have the ability to receive keywords from the consumer, match those keywords to one or more experts, and tell the consumer how to contact an expert.
摘要:
This invention relates to MRI-based methods and systems useful for diagnosing and clinically assessing the presence, location, and size of cardiovascular disease-associated stationary targets, e.g., thrombi and atherosclerotic lesions, within the vascular system. Methods and systems of the invention allow for improved anatomical information to be obtained from MRI images and allow the clinician to develop more effective treatment plans. In one aspect, the invention provides a method of determining the presence or absence of a stationary target within the vascular system of a mammal wherein two MRI data sets representing images of the vascular system and the stationary target are acquired after administration of a targeted MRI contrast agent. In another embodiment, both a targeted MRI contrast agent and a vascular MRI contrast agent are administered to a mammal, and both a vascular MRI and a targeted MRI data set are acquired.
摘要:
The present invention relates to contrast agents for diagnostic imaging with prolonged blood retention. In particular, this invention relates to novel compounds that are characterized by an image enhancing moiety (IEM); a protein plasma binding moiety (PPBM); and a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM). This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions for blood half-life extension and contrast enhancement of diagnostic imaging.
摘要:
The present invention relates to contrast agents for diagnostic imaging with prolonged blood retention. In particular, this invention relates to novel compounds that are characterized by an image enhancing moiety (IEM); a protein plasma binding moiety (PPBM); and a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM). This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions for blood half-life extension and contrast enhancement of diagnostic imaging.