Fast, quantitative, murine cardiac 19F MRI/MRS of PFCE-labeled progenitor stem cells and macrophages at 9.4T.

Christakis ConstantinidesMahon MaguireEileen McNeillRicardo CarnicerEdyta SwiderMangala SrinivasCarolyn A CarrJurgen E Schneider

Published in: PloS one (2018)

The developed methodologies achieved in vivo cardiac 19F of exogenously injected labeled CPCs for the first time, accelerating imaging to a total acquisition of a few minutes, providing evidence for their potential for possible translational work.

Keyphrases

stem cells
high resolution
left ventricular
pet imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
cell therapy
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging
human health
fluorescence imaging