LIPOSOMAL RADIOLOGIC CONTRAST AGENTS.

摘要

Contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging comprising liposomes prepared by a freeze-thaw extrusion process and having encapsulated therein a paramagnetic and/or super-paramagnetic agent, and liposomes, however prepared, having a diameter of less than about 50 nm and having encapsulated therein a paramagnetic and/or superparamagnetic agent are described, as well as methods for imaging the blood pool and for diagnosing the presence of tumorous tissue in a patient which utilize these contrast agents.