MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) AGENTS: WATER SOLUBLE CARBON-13 ENRICHED FULLERENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES FOR USE WITH DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION

摘要

The invention relates to carbon- 13 enriched fullerene and carbon nanotube (CNT) compositions for improved magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI"). The invention also relates to a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) method of MRI utilizing the carbon- 13 enriched fullerene and CNTs of the invention.