A targeted contrast agent for magnetic r
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L.O. Johansson; A. Bjørnerud; H.K Ahlström; D.L. Ladd; D.K. Fujii
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A preparation of ultra‐small superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles coupled to an RGD peptide (RGD‐USPIO) was investigated as an MR contrast agent, targeted to activated platelets, in both ex vivo and in vivo thrombus models. Thrombus visualization ex vivo was compared using RGD