Abstract
The first contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging has been available for clinical use in the United States for just over 1 year. It has been widely adopted for a variety of indications with apparent safety. Several other agents are in clinical trials and are reviewed here.
Keywords
MedicineMagnetic resonance imagingContrast (vision)Clinical trialMedical physicsRadiologyPathologyArtificial intelligence
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- Year
- 1989
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 172
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 709-710
- Citations
- 35
- Access
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Gerald Wolf
(1989).
Current status of MR imaging contrast agents: special report..
Radiology
, 172
(3)
, 709-710.
https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.172.3.2672095
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- DOI
- 10.1148/radiology.172.3.2672095