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MedicineNuclear MedicineRadiologyBiomedical ImagingDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic RadiologyContrast AgentsMagnetic Resonance Contrast MechanismsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance Imaging PhysicsMedical ImagingNuclear Medicine ImagingChemical PropertiesContrast Agent DesignContrast Agent PharmacokineticsContrast Agent RelaxivityMagnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast AgentsMolecular Contrast AgentsParamagnetic Contrast AgentsParamagnetic Species
The structure, chemical properties, metabolic pathway and NMR contrast efficacy of Gadolinium-DTPA are described. This reagent has great promise as a contrast agent in NMR proton imaging, and clinical trials have been initiated in England and Germany.