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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used for imaging purposes. However, the sensitivity and intrinsic contrast of the MRI is low. In order to improve the quality of images Gd-DTPA (commercial Magnevist) is normally. Be-cause of some limitations of low molecular weight of gadolini-um chelates, nanoparticles gadolinium based contrast agents are proposed. In this study, we synthesized Gd-DTPA and compared its effects with Gd2O3-DEG nanoparticles. The samples were prepared at concentrations of 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2 mM respectively by adding 1.5 ml deionized water. The corresponding Gd2O3-DEG nanoparticles diameter was meas-ured about 80 nm. An in vitro study was performed using a 1.5 T scanner with standard spin echo protocol. Clearly, the signal amplitudes in both cases were increased with the Gd concen-tration at constant relaxation time. Also, a linear relation between signal intensity and longitudinal relaxation rate (R1) was observed with a correlation coefficient close to 1. The values of 4.30 and 14.27 (s− 1.mM− 1) were achieved for Gd-DTPA and Gd2O3-DEG nanoparticles special relaxivity, re-spectively.
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Nikfar, B. et al. (2015). Properties Evaluation of Gd2O3-DEG as New Contrast Agent Nanomagnetic Particles Comparing to Gd-DTPA in MRI. In: Jaffray, D. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8_31
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