Ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is described for use in carrying out a method, or for the preparation of a medicament for carrying out a method, of enhancing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a body or body region such as an organ or organ region in a subject. The method is carried out by parenterally administering ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject in an MRI image-enhancing amount; and then generating, by MRI of the subject, an image of the body or body region. The ascorbate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof enhances the MRI image.
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抗坏血酸或其药学上可接受的盐,用于实施一种方法或制备一种用于实施方法的药物,以增强受试者身体或身体区域(如器官或器官区域)的磁共振成像(MRI)图像。该方法通过向受试者肠外给予一定量的
抗坏血酸盐或其药学上可接受的盐,以增强核磁共振成像;然后通过受试者的核磁共振成像生成身体或身体区域的图像。
抗坏血酸或其药学上可接受的盐可增强核磁共振成像。