Contrast Agents Ii: Optical, Ultrasound, X-ray And Radiopharmaceutical Imaging (topics In Current Chemistry) (pt. 2)

Volume Editor, Werner Krause ; With Contributions By E. Brücher ... [et. Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contrast Agents for Optical Imaging....Pages 1-29 Dynamic and Continuous Monitoring of Renal and Hepatic Functions with Exogenous Markers....Pages 31-72 Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Development of the Field and Current Status....Pages 73-106 Chemistry of X-Ray Contrast Agents....Pages 107-150 Iodinated Contrast Media: from Non-Specific to Blood-Pool Agents....Pages 151-171 Liver-Specific X-Ray Contrast Agents....Pages 173-200 Chemistry of β + -Emitting Compounds Based on Fluorine-18....Pages 201-258 Fundamentals of Receptor-Based Diagnostic Metalloradiopharmaceuticals....Pages 259-278 Extracellular MRI and X-ray contrast agents are characterized by their phar- cokinetic behaviour.After intravascular injection their plasma-level time curve is characeterized by two phases. 1) are used as non-ionic (neutral) X-ray contrast agents in most cases [1]. A summary of the development of extracellular MRI contrast agents during the last twenty years is given. The artificial element technetium was discovered by Perrier and Segre in 1937 [1].