Boron-gadolinium binary system as a magnetic resonance imaging boron
carrier*
Yoshinori Yamamoto
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Abstract: The evaluation of the Gd-carborane DTPA complex as
a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and boron carrier agent was carried
out in vivo. The MRI revealed that the Gd-carborane DTPA was metabolized
slower in the body in comparison with Gd-DTPA.
*Lecture presented at the XIth International Meeting
on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XI), Moscow, Russia, 28 July - 2 August
2002. Other presentations are published in this issue,
pp. 1157-1355.
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