Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing – Magnetic imaging agent
Patent
1993-04-23
1996-07-02
Hollinden, Gary E.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
Magnetic imaging agent
424646, 424648, 436173, A61B 5055
Patent
active
055320066
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are compositions useful in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging comprising a matrix which exhibits a volume phase change in response to an electric field, the matrix containing a magnetic and preferably superparamagnetic component distributed therethrough.
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Frank Shachar
Lauterbur Paul C.
Hollinden Gary E.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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