Acyl Hydrazides and Acyl Hydrazones as High-Performance Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI Contrast Agents

• Main Authors: Shaowei Bo (Author), Dong Zhang (Author), Mengjie Ma (Author), Xukai Mo (Author), Julia Stabinska (Author), Michael T. McMahon (Author), Changzheng Shi (Author), Liangping Luo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI is a versatile molecular imaging approach that holds great promise for clinical translation. A number of compounds have been identified as suitable for performing CEST MRI, including paramagnetic CEST (paraCEST) agents and diamagnetic CEST (diaCEST) a...