申请人:Duke University
公开号:US10111970B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
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.
本发明描述了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。