Method of magnetic resonance imaging
AssigneeAmersham Health AS
InventorsAtle Bjornerud, Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Karen Briley-Saebo, Lars Johansson
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of magnetic resonance imaging of regional blood oxygenation which comprises administering into the vasculature of a vascularized human or non-human animal subject a T2 blood pool contrast agent, detecting a magnetic resonance signal from at least part of the vasculature of said subject into which said contrast agent distributes, and manipulating said signal to generate an indication of the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in at least part of said vasculature.
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A method of magnetic resonance imaging of regional blood oxygenation which comprises administering into the vasculature of a vascularised human or non-human animal subject a T2 blood pool contrast agent, detecting a magnetic resonance signal from at least part of the vasculature of said subject into which said contrast agent distributes, and manipulating said signal to generate an indication of the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in at least part of said vasculature.
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