摘要:
A method for MRI imaging to obtain information about a local physiochemical parameter after administration to a patient of a contrast agent including at least one non-responsive contrast enhancing entity that does not occur naturally in a human body and at least one responsive contrast enhancing entity attached to or mixed with the non-responsive contrast enhancing entity. By using such non-responsive contrast enhancing entities, a value for the physicochemical parameter can be obtained by acquiring only three images, providing a method which will be easier to apply in a clinical routine, since it will be faster and less sensitive to motion or flow artifacts.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for MRI imaging to obtain information about a local physiochemical parameter after administration to a patient of a contrast agent comprising at least one non-responsive contrast enhancing entity that does not occur naturally in a human body and at least one responsive contrast enhancing entity attached to or mixed with the non-responsive contrast enhancing entity. By using such non-responsive contrast enhancing entities, a value for the physicochemical parameter can be obtained by acquiring only three images through which the method according to the present invention will be easier to apply in clinical routine since it will be faster and less sensitive to motion or flow artefacts.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method MRI imaging. By applying a time modulation to the contrast enhancement of an MRI contrast agent, the method according to the invention leads to images with improved signal-to-noise ratio in the contrast-enhanced areas, strongly suppressed unwanted signal in the unenhanced areas, and reduced artefacts, such as motion artefacts.
摘要:
Magnetic resonance monitoring of a target (30) uses the detected magnetic resonance to determine movement such as diffusion of contrast agent relative to the object, and uses the movement to discriminate (50, 60) a part of the contrast agent which is bound to the target, from the rest of the contrast agent. The need for clearing agents can be avoided or reduced, and hence imaging is instantaneous. A “stationary spin map” of the object can be formed by comparing the movements in the different directions, and determining if the differences between them are less than a given threshold. Determining isotropic movement in this way for a number of locations on the object allows the map to be generated.
摘要:
Magnetic resonance monitoring of a target (30) uses the detected magnetic resonance to determine movement such as diffusion of contrast agent relative to the object, and uses the movement to discriminate (50, 60) a part of the contrast agent which is bound to the target, from the rest of the contrast agent. The need for clearing agents can be avoided or reduced, and hence imaging is instantaneous. A “stationary spin map” of the object can be formed by comparing the movements in the different directions, and determining if the differences between them are less than a given threshold. Determining isotropic movement in this way for a number of locations on the object allows the map to be generated.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method MRI imaging. By applying a time modulation to the contrast enhancement of an MRI contrast agent, the method according to the invention leads to images with improved signal-to-noise ratio in the contrast-enhanced areas, strongly suppressed unwanted signal in the unenhanced areas, and reduced artefacts, such as motion artefacts.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body of a patient placed in an examination volume of an MR device. The object of the invention is to improve CEST contrast enhanced imaging. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: a) saturation of nuclear magnetization of exchangeable protons of a CEST contrast agent administered to the patient by subjecting the portion of the body to at least one frequency-selective saturation RF pulse matched to the MR frequency of exchangeable protons of the CEST contrast agent, wherein the saturation period, i.e. the duration of the frequency-selective saturation RF pulse, is shorter than the time required for saturation to build up a full CEST contrast enhancement effect when starting from zero saturation; b) generating at least one MR signal of water protons of the body by subjecting the portion of the body to an MR imaging sequence comprising at least one RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients; c) acquiring sampling the at least one MR signal from the body; d) repeating steps a) to c) a number of times under variation of parameters of the MR imaging sequence, wherein MR signals are acquired and sampled during a saturation build-up period, i.e. before a steady state of the CEST effect is achieved; e) reconstructing a proton-density weighted, CEST contrast-enhanced MR image from the acquired and sampled MR signals.
摘要:
The invention provides MRI contrast agents which provide a high sensitivity and which have an optimised body retention time. These agents enable the mapping of the local pH, temperature, oxygen concentration or other metabolites in a patient's body by the use of Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST). Particularly pH and temperature mapping are useful for the detection of small cancer lesions and localised inflammation respectively.
摘要:
The invention provides MRI contrast agents which provide a high sensitivity and which have an optimised body retention time. These agents enable the mapping of the local pH, temperature, oxygen concentration or other metabolites in a patient's body by the use of Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST). Particularly pH and temperature mapping are useful for the detection of small cancer lesions and localized inflammation respectively.
摘要:
Described is the use of perfluoro-t-butyl cyclohexane in a contrast agent for molecular imaging, notably F MRI. Particularly, the perfluoro-t-butyl cyclohexane is present in the form of an aqueous emulsion of nanoparticles comprising the perfluoro compound as a core, and an emulsifying agent, such as a phospholipid, as a shell. The shell can be functionalized with other moieties that play a role in imaging, notably ligands for targeted binding and/or contrast agents or labels with a view to other imaging modalities. The latter particularly refers to 1H MRI contrast agents as well as radiolabels for SPECT.