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Polymer Conjugates for Imaging

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The capabilities of modern medical imaging techniques can be greatly enhanced by the use of injectable imaging pharmaceuticals. These take a number of forms, from passive vascular contrast agents to highly specific agents targeted to specific receptors. One problem encountered with formulations based on biological materials has created a need for alternative sources of material for incorporation into imaging formulations. Synthetic polymers are expected to meet that need and are now established as a new generation of image contrast agents with the potential for clinical application in all medical imaging modalities.

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  1. Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

    Hiroshi Maeda

  2. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

    Alexander Kabanov

  3. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazunori Kataoka

  4. Tokyo Women’s Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

    Teruo Okano

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Perkins, A.C. (2004). Polymer Conjugates for Imaging. In: Maeda, H., Kabanov, A., Kataoka, K., Okano, T. (eds) Polymer Drugs in the Clinical Stage. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 519. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47932-X_12

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