Project description
Safer diagnostic agents for MRI
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important and versatile medical diagnostics technique, particularly for cancers. Warnings have been issued against Gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents (GBCAs), which are routinely employed during MRI diagnostic procedures, due to health concerns about Gd accumulation in the human body. The EU-funded AlternativesToGd project aims to develop metal-free hyperpolarised (HP) metabolic CAs to enable molecular imaging and monitor enzymatic conversions with very high sensitivity. A major challenge for researchers is overcoming the short lifetime of HP states in these CAs. The team will investigate three ground-breaking HP techniques to maximise HP lifetime and achieve unprecedented sensitivity in contrast-enhanced MRI diagnostics with CAs that are safe, non-toxic and completely eliminated from the body after the procedure.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/medical engineering/diagnostic imaging/magnetic resonance imaging
- /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
91120 Jerusalem
Israel
Participants (9)
10124 Torino
2800 Kgs Lyngby
89081 Ulm
OX1 2JD Oxford
67450 Mundolsheim
80539 Muenchen
CB2 1TN Cambridge
1010 Wien
16163 Genova