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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Udo P Schmiedl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Linnar L Teng, Bothell, WA (US);
Jerry C Bommer, Wellsville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; C07D / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
540145 ; 1286534 ;
Abstract
Hepatobiliary magnetic resonance imaging of a human or animal subject is enhanced by enterally administering to the subject an effective amount of a lipophilic contrast enhancing agent. Representative contrast enhancing agents include manganese mesoporphyrin, manganese deuteroporphyrin, manganese pheophorbide and manganese pyrophenophoribide, and, when administered orally, an enteric delivery agent.