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Clinical Trial
. 1997 Jan-Feb;7(1):209-14.
doi: 10.1002/jmri.1880070132.

MR angiography with an ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide blood pool agent

Y Anzai  1 , M R Prince, T L Chenevert, J H Maki, F Londy, M London, S J McLachlan
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Clinical Trial

MR angiography with an ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide blood pool agent

Y Anzai et al. J Magn Reson Imaging. 1997 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the use of a dextran-coated ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) as a blood pool contrast agent for thoracic and abdominal MR angiography. Abdominal and thoracic MR angiography was performed in six healthy volunteers using two-dimensional and three-dimensional spoiled gradient echo (SPGR) sequences before and after intravenous administration of USPIO. Doses ranged from 1.1 to 2.6 mg Fe/kg. Flip angle was varied from 20 to 60 degrees. Subjective image quality, analysis of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and blood T1 relaxation times were measured. USPIO significantly lowered the T1 of blood (from 1,210 ms precontrast to 159 ms postcontrast at a dose of 2.6 mg Fe/kg) (P < .01). Image quality on coronal fast three-dimensional breath-hold SPGR images of the abdomen increased with increasing dose and was maximum at the highest dose, producing an aortic SNR of 9.6 compared to 1.8 precontrast. Axial two-dimensional time-of-flight (TOF) aortic SNR was reduced significantly from 13 on precontrast to 6 on the postcontrast images at the highest dose (P < .05) due to T2* shortening effects. There was little flip angle dependence on image quality. Due to the T1 shortening effect and long intravascular half-life, USPIO improved visualization of vascular anatomy using three-dimensional fast SPGR imaging. The echo time must be minimized to minimize signal loss from T2* shortening effects. The blood pool distribution of USPIO is useful for equilibrium-phase MR angiography.

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