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  • Title: Dy-complexes as high field T2 contrast agents: influence of water exchange rates.
    Author: Vander Elst L, Zhang S, Sherry AD, Laurent S, Botteman F, Muller RN.
    Journal: Acad Radiol; 2002 Aug; 9 Suppl 2():S297-9. PubMed ID: 12188253.
    Abstract:
    Dy complexes can act as suitable negative (T2) contrast agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). As clinical MRI moves toward higher fields, tuning of the exchange rate of coordinated water molecules will become necessary to optimize the r2 relaxivity. For Dy complexes, this will require lengthening of the water residence time, a strategy opposite that required to optimize the r1 relaxivity of Gd complexes. However, very slow water exchange can be deleterious. This is illustrated here by a Dy complex that is characterized by a very slow water exchange. This complex, Dy-DOTA-4AmCE, is compared with several Dy-DTPA derivatives known for their efficacy as T2 contrast agents at high magnetic fields.
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