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SUBMITTER: Ahrens ET
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4253123 | biostudies-other | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ahrens Eric T ET Helfer Brooke M BM O'Hanlon Charles F CF Schirda Claudiu C
Magnetic resonance in medicine 20140919 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>Cellular therapeutics are emerging as a treatment option for a host of serious human diseases. To accelerate clinical translation, noninvasive imaging of cell grafts in clinical trials can potentially be used to assess the initial delivery and behavior of cells.<h4>Methods</h4>The use of a perfluorocarbon (PFC) tracer agent for clinical fluorine-19 ((19) F) MRI cell detection is described. This technology was used to detect immunotherapeutic dendritic cells (DCs) delivered to col ...[more]