Gadolinium-Free Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System.

ACS Chem Neurosci

The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, The Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology , Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 149 Thirteenth Street, Suite 2301 , Charlestown , Massachusetts 02129 , United States.

Published: March 2018

We discuss how the recent revelation that gadolinium (Gd) from commercially available MRI contrast agents is irreversibly and cumulatively deposited in the central nervous system is driving innovation toward Gd-free contrast agents for neuroradiology.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994911PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00044DOI Listing

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