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MRI contrast agents for modern applications
Kotková, Zuzana ; Hermann, Petr (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jiří (referee) ; Drahoš, Bohuslav (referee)
Zuzana Kotková - Ph.D. Thesis: MRI Contrast Agents for Modern Applications 1 Abstract Over the last few decades, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become one of the most powerful medicinal methods for the diagnosis of various diseases (Fig. A1a ). In several types of examinations, contrast agents (CAs) are used to increase the quality of images (Fig. A1b ). These contrast agents are usually based on paramagnetic metal complexes of macrocyclic ligands. In dependence on the measured nuclei, two basic groups of CAs are considered - 1 H MRI CAs and, recently, also 19 F "hot-spot" CAs. The 1 H MRI CAs are based on Gd3+ complexes of macrocyclic ligands with one water molecule coordinated to the central metal ion (Fig. A1c ) and the effect of the CAs is to shorten the relaxation times of water protons. (a) (b) (c) Fig. A1: Illustrative pictures for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) method; (a) whole body MRI tomograph,* (b) an example of MR head scans with the use of MRI CA** and (c) schematic general structure of a contrast agent based on Gd3+ complex of macrocyclic ligands (for more details see the Thesis, section 1.3.3, Fig. 18). * https://www.ottawaheart.ca/test-procedure/cardiac-mri (Accessed 25 Febr. 2023) ** https://affordablemri.com/mri-explained (Accessed 25 Febr. 2023) The shortening of relaxation...
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Porphyrine conjugates for MRI
Dušek, Pavel ; Vojtíšek, Pavel (advisor) ; Kotková, Zuzana (referee)
The theoretical part of this bachelor's thesis focuses on clinical applications of MRI methods. It also presents a list of gadolinium-based contrast agents used in clini- cal practice. A new conjugate of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-4,7,10-triacetate-1- {methyl-[(4-aminophenyl)methyl]phosphinic} acid and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-amino- phenyl)porphyrin potentially active as a contrast agent is designed on the basis of this review. Due to unique properties of porphyrin unit, this compound may act as a bimodal contrast agent or contrast agent for functional imaging. The target compound and its ytterbium-complex were synthesized and partially characterized.
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