New Double-Contrast Technique Picks Up Small Tumors on MRI (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

New Double-Contrast Technique Picks Up Small Tumors on MRI

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A new technique developed by researchers at UC Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumors from normal tissue. The team created a probe that generates two magnetic resonance signals that suppress each other until they reach the target, at which point they both increase contrast between the tumor and surrounding tissue.

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Xiandoing Xue, UC Davis

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