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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Yoshiki Katayama, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroaki Shimokawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Tatsuhiro Yamamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An MRI contrast agent enables direct detection and imaging of exfoliated vascular endothelial sites. The MRI contrast agent includes an imaging unit which contains an unpaired electron-carrying atom and/or molecule and is capable of amplifying or reducing MRI signals, and a detection unit which is bonded to the imaging unit and is capable of selectively recognizing exfoliated vascular endothelial sites and binding thereto. The detection unit is exemplified by one having a chemical structure expressed by the following formula (I), wherein at least one of R-Ris, for example, a sulfonic acid group, and X is, for example, a phenyl group which may be substituted: