Polymer micelles decorated by gadolinium complexes as MRI blood contrast agents: design, synthesis and properties
Résumé
New micellar macrocontrast agents with improved contrast at high frequencies were designed by grafting a gadolinium based contrast agent onto functional stealth micelles formed by poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PEO-b-PCL) in water. As evidenced by relaxometry measurements and the hemolytic CH50 test, the new contrast agents are of interest as MRI blood pool agents.
Domaines
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
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