Anke De
Vries1, Muhammed Yildirim2, Sander Langereis2,
Rolf Lamerichs2, Klaas Nicolay1, Holger Gruell, 12
1Biomedical NMR, Faculty of Biomedical
Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2Philips
Research, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Nanoparticle
formulations incorporating Gd(III) complexes in the surfactant layer
increases the longitudinal relaxation rate more than two-fold, resulting in a
substantial sensitivity gain.