Dendritic Contrast Agent

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The third International Dendrimer Symposium took place at Berlin Technical University in 2003. Interdisciplinary lectures demonstrated the extent to which dendritic molecules branch ouf into other areas of science, such as physics, biology, medicine, and engineering. The possibilities of functionalisation and resulting applications in industry were at the focus of this symposium. For example, nano-dimensioned dendrimer-based contrast agents were presented as multilabels for visualisation of blood vessels (see Chapter 8). Potential applications of dendritic materials as luminescence markers in diagnostics attracted lively interest (see Chapter 8). Consideration of the differences between dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers from the viewpoint of their cost-favourable application was also a topic of discussion [18]. 

Fig. 8.18 Visualisation of the blood vessels of a rabbit with a dendritic Gadomer contrast agent (shown in red). The figure was kindly provided by Dr. H. Schmitt-Willich (Schering AG, Berlin)...

E. C. Wiener, V. V. Narayanan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents Theory and the Role of Dendrimers, in Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules, G. R. Newkome, Ed., pp. 129-247, Elsevier Science, Kidlington, Oxford, UK, 2002. 

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