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Visualising brain capillaries in magnetic resonance images via supramolecular self-assembly
Atsushi Mahara1, Shigeyoshi Saito, Tetsuji Yamaoka
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Kishibe Shin-machi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan. mahara@ncvc.go.jp yamtet@ncvc.go.jp.
Abstract:
We report the supramolecular self-assembly of one fluorescein and three Gd-chelate conjugated 8-arm polyethylene glycols (8-arm PEG-FGd3) for visualising the capillaries of the brain in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

