Florian Schmid1, Maria Becker2,
Marc Hotfilder3, Bart-Jan Ravoo2, Cornelius Faber1
1Department for Clinical Radiology,
University Hospital Mnster, Mnster, Germany; 2Organic Chemistry
Institute of the Westflische Wilhelms-Universitt Mnster, Mnster, Germany;
3Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's
Hospital Mnster, Mnster, Germany
Fluorinated
Cyclodextrins are interesting candidates for novel MR contrast agents for
cell labelling as they are soluble in water and contain lots of 19F
atoms that contribute to a single spectral line. Results from first cell
labeling experiments performed on Ewing's sarcoma cells are presented; 19F
MR images acquired on a clinical 3T MRI scanner are shown.