title: Gd3+-TPPS: a potential paramagnetic contrast agent in NMR imaging.
abstract: A water soluble paramagnetic metalloporphyrin containing Gd3+ as metal ion has been investigated by low resolution 1H NMR to evaluate the extent to which it alters the water proton relaxation times. The obtained results seem to indicate a potential usefulness of this complex as a paramagnetic contrast agent for NMR Imaging.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universitá di Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cannistraro
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011166:Porphyrins
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D011166:Porphyrins; C016136:tetraphenylporphine sulfonate; D005682:Gadolinium