申请人:Yu Yihua Bruce
公开号:US20110217241A1
公开(公告)日:2011-09-08
Compositions for producing multi-chromic (“color”) magnetic resonance images (MRI). The compositions for use as MRI imaging agents include a magnetic resonance imaging tracer having a signal emitter, such as a
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F imaging tracer (
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FIT), conjugated with a magnetic signal modulator, such as a paramagnetic functional group or a paramagnetic ion. The
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FIT and the signal modulator (M) are joined covalently by a chelator such as DOTA, forming a nanometer-sized fluorinated paramagnetic complex
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FIT-DOTA-M. Other signal emitters, such as
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P imaging tracer (
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PIT), can also be modulated using this strategy (i.e.,
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PIT-DOTA-M) to generate multi-chromic
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P MRI or MRS.