Perfluoro-crown ethers in fluorine magnetic resonance imaging

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1987-09-18

1989-06-13

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Truss

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128659, 424 9, 436173, A61B 600, A61K 4900, G01N 2400

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048382744

ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging wherein the improvement is the use of perfluoro 15-crown-5 ether which has 20 magnetically similar fluorine atoms providing a superior signal to noise ratio with resultant enhanced diagnostic resolution.

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