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  • Title: In vivo MRI using positive-contrast techniques in detection of cells labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
    Author: Liu W, Dahnke H, Jordan EK, Schaeffter T, Frank JA.
    Journal: NMR Biomed; 2008 Mar; 21(3):242-50. PubMed ID: 17566968.
    Abstract:
    Positive-contrast techniques are being developed to increase the detection of magnetically labeled cells in tissues. We evaluated a post-processing positive-contrast technique, susceptibility-gradient mapping (SGM), and compared this approach with two pulse sequences, a gradient-compensation-based "White Marker" technique and an off-resonance-based approach, inversion recovery on-resonance water suppression (IRON), for the detection of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticle-labeled C6 glioma cells implanted in the flanks of nude rats. The SGM, White Marker and IRON positive-contrast images were acquired when the labeled C6 glioma tumors were approximately 5 mm (small), approximately 10 mm (medium) and approximately 20 mm (large) in diameter along the largest dimension to evaluate their sensitivity to the dilution of the SPIO nanoparticles as the tumor cells proliferated. In vivo MRI demonstrated that all three positive-contrast techniques can produce hyperintensities in areas around the labeled flank tumors against a dark background. The number of positive voxels detected around small and medium tumors was significantly greater with the SGM technique than with the White Marker and IRON techniques. For large tumors, the SGM resulted in a similar number of positive voxels to the White Marker technique, and the IRON approach failed to generate positive-contrast images with a 200 Hz suppression band. This study also reveals that hemorrhage appears as hyperintensities on positive-contrast images and may interfere with the detection of SPIO-labeled cells.
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