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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Christopher David Lascola, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/06 (2006.01); A61K 49/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/08 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); A61K 47/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0042 (2013.01); A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/08 (2013.01); A61K 47/02 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01); A61K 49/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is described for use in carrying out a method, or for the preparation of a medicament for carrying out a method, of enhancing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a body or body region such as an organ or organ region in a subject. The method is carried out by parenterally administering ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject in an MRI image-enhancing amount; and then generating, by MRI of the subject, an image of the body or body region. The ascorbate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof enhances the MRI image.