KATO, NAOKI MSC*; TAKAHASHI, MASAYA PHD†; TSUJI, TAKASHI BS*; IHARA, SHINYA MSC‡; BRAUTIGAM, MATTHIAS MD§; MIYAZAWA, TOMOAKI PHD*
From the *Basic Research Institute, ‡Preclinical Development Department, and §Research & Development HQ, Nihon Schering K.K., Osaka, Japan; and the †Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Received August 10, 1998, and accepted for publication, after revision, April 19, 1999.
Reprint requests: Naoki Kato, Basic Research Institute, Nihon Schering K.K.2-6-64, Nishimiyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532, Japan.
The authors thank Dr. H.-K. Song of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center for helpful discussion and Dr. Akihiro Tanimoto of Keio University Hospital for measurement of the relaxivity of Resovist at 1.5 T.