| Inflammatory imaging with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide. | |
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PMID: 20850245 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness and feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) (USPIO-enhanced MRI) for imaging inflammatory tissues. First, we investigated the relationship between the apparent transverse relaxation rate (R2*) and the concentration of USPIO by phantom studies and measured the apparent transverse relaxivity (r2*) of USPIO. Second, we performed animal experiments using a total of 30 mice. The mice were divided into five groups [A (n=6), B (n=6), C (n=6), sham control (n=6), and control (n=6)]. The mice in Groups A, B, C and control were subcutaneously injected with 0.1 ml of turpentine oil on Day 0, while those in the sham control group were subcutaneously injected with 0.1 ml of saline. The mice in Groups A, B, C and sham control were intraperitoneally injected with 200 μmol Fe per kilogram body weight of USPIO (28 nm in diameter) immediately after the first MRI study on Days 3, 5, 7 and 7, respectively, and those in the control group were not injected with USPIO. The second and third MRI studies were performed at 24 and 48 h after USPIO administration, respectively. The maps of R2* were generated from the apparent transverse relaxation time (T2*)-weighted images with six different echo times. The phantom studies showed that there was a linear relationship between R2* and the concentration of USPIO (r=0.99) and the r2* value of USPIO was 105.7 mM(-1) s(-1). There was a significant increase of R2* in inflammatory tissues in Group C at 24 h after USPIO administration compared with the precontrast R2* value. Our results suggest that USPIO-enhanced MRI combined with R2* measurement is useful for detecting inflammatory tissues. |
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Taro Matsushita; Yoshinori Kusakabe; Hitomi Fujii; Katsutoshi Murase; Youichi Yamazaki; Kenya Murase |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-17 |
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Title: Magnetic resonance imaging Volume: 29 ISSN: 1873-5894 ISO Abbreviation: Magn Reson Imaging Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-02-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8214883 Medline TA: Magn Reson Imaging Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 173-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Division of Medical Technology and Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. |
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