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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Enzo Terreno, Milan, IT;
Silvio Aime, Milan, IT;
Mauro Botta, Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Imaging of a substrate molecule different from water wherein the NMR signal is enhanced by a reversible binding of the substrate molecule to a paramagnetic chelate complex, as well as to the use of a paramagnetic chelate complex in said method and the pharmaceutical composition for use therein.