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Facile synthesis and relaxation properties of novel bispolyazamacrocyclic Gd3+ complexes: An attempt towards calcium-sensitive MRI contrast agents

Three novel GdDO3A-type bismacrocyclic complexes, conjugated to Ca2+ chelating moieties like ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid and diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid bisamides, were synthesized as potential "smart" magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent ...

2008

Physicochemical Properties of the High-Field MRI-Relevant [Gd(DTTA-Me)(H2O)2]− Complex

Lothar Helm, Loïck Moriggi, Cora Prestinari

To study the physicochemical properties of the DTTA chelating moiety (H4DTTA = diethylenetriaminetetraacetic acid = N,N′-[iminobis(ethane-2,1-diyl)]bis[N-(carboxymethyl)glycine]), used in several compounds proposed as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contr ...

2008

Nuclear Spin Relaxation Parameters of MRI Contrast Agents – Insight from Quantum Mechanical Calculations

Lothar Helm, Oleg Yazyev

Nuclear magnetic relaxation in the presence of paramagnetic centres has gained increasing interest in recent years partly due to its importance for contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging. Rational design of new more efficient agents is possible as a ...

Wiley-Blackwell2008

X-ray phase radiography and tomography of soft tissue using grating interferometry

Christian David

X-ray phase and absorption radiographs and tomograms of the heart of a rat were taken with an X-ray grating interferometer with monochromatic synchrotron radiation at a photon energy of 17.5 keV. The phase images show largely superior quality with respect ...

2008

Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer

Christian David

Imaging with visible light today uses numerous contrast mechanisms, including bright- and dark-field contrast, phase-contrast schemes and confocal and fluorescence-based methods. X-ray imaging, on the other hand, has only recently seen the development of a ...

2008

Highly efficient MRI contrast agents

Loïck Moriggi

Since contrasts agents are used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), numerous efforts have been done to increase their relaxivity (parameter allowing to quantify contrast agent efficiency). Few years ago, the Merbach group developed the chelating agent DTT ...

EPFL2008

Towards in vivo small animal imaging

Theo Lasser, Michael Friedrich, Rainer Leitgeb, Anne Grapin-Botton, Martin Villiger, Joan Goulley

Fourier domain Optical coherence microscopy (FDOCM) offers excellent sensitivity and high axial resolution to image the structure of biological tissue. The depth information is extracted in parallel and allows very high volume acquisition rates. An illumin ...

2008

Extended focus Fourier domain optical coherence microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging

Theo Lasser, Rainer Leitgeb, Martin Villiger, Adrian Bachmann, Cédric Blatter

SPIE2008

Rapid preparation and SEM microstructural characterization of nickel-yttria- stabilized zirconia cermets

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Antonin Faes, Christian Monachon

Sample preparation and scanning electron microscopy imaging methods were developed to characterize solid-oxide fuel cell anodes made out of a nickel- yttria-stabilized zirconia porous cermet. The sample preparation uses only tripod polishing and does not r ...

2008

Sol-gel processes applied to micro- and nanotechnology

Jean-Baptiste Robert Orhan

In this thesis, we intend to develop the sol-gel technology (a chemical way to make glass) from the traditional "raw" materials side to a novel technology allowing realization of innovative products in the field of micro- and nanotechnology. We first prese ...

EPFL2008

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