期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 65, 期 1, 页码 202-211出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22608
关键词
chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); pH; responsive contrast agent; kidney
资金
- Regional Government - CIPE (NanoIGT project Converging Technologies Piedmont Region)
- MIUR - FIRB [RBNE03PX83_006, RBIP06293N_001]
- EC [NMP4-CT-2006-026668, FP7-HEALTH-2007A-201842]
Iopamidol (Isovue (R)-Bracco Diagnostic Inc.) is a clinically approved X-Ray contrast agent used in the last 30 years for a wide variety of diagnostic applications with a very good clinical acceptance. Iopamidol contains two types of amide functionalities that can be exploited for the generation of chemical exchange saturation transfer effect. The exchange rate of the two amide proton pools is markedly pH-dependent. Thus, a ratiometric method for pH assessment has been set-up based on the comparison of the saturation transfer effects induced by selective irradiation of the two resonances. This ratiometric approach allows to rule out the concentration effect of the contrast agent and provides accurate pH measurements in the 5.5-7.4 range. Upon injection of Iopamidol into healthy mice, it has been possible to acquire pH maps of kidney regions. Furthermore, it has been also shown that the proposed method is able to report about pH-changes induced in control mice fed with acidified or basified water for a period of a week before image acquisition. Magn Reson Med 65:202-211, 2011. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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