NEW ORLEANS — For contrast-enhanced imaging in multiple sclerosis (MS), all gadolinium-based agents accumulate in body tissue but to greatly varying degrees. While the long-term effect of gadolinium ...

A team led by Brent Wagner, MD, a professor in the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, conducted a study published in the journal Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

A new study has found why MRI scans may leave harmful metals behind in a person's body. The University of New Mexico (UNM) study explored health risks caused by toxic rare earth metal gadolinium, ...

Simulations reveal details about the magnetic interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their environment. You can keep your best guesses. Engineers at Rice University's ...

Nanoscientists have demonstrated a method for loading nanoparticles with iron ions to create MRI contrast agents that outperform gadolinium chelates, the mainstay contrast agent that is facing ...

Concerns have emerged that deposits of gadolinium in the brain may lead to neuronal damage manifesting as parkinsonism, which includes such symptoms as abnormal gait, trouble with voluntary movements, ...

HOUSTON – (Nov. 17, 2022) – You can keep your best guesses. Engineers at Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering are starting to understand exactly what goes on when doctors pump ...