Effects of iodinated contrast on various magnetic resonance imaging sequences and field strength: Implications for characterization of hemorrhagic transformation in acute stroke therapy
Humberto Morales, Lisa Lemen, Ranasinghage Samaratunga, Peter Nguyen, Thomas Tomsick
Humberto Morales, Lisa Lemen, Ranasinghage Samaratunga, Peter Nguyen, Thomas Tomsick, Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0761, United States
Author contributions: Morales H performed the experiment, analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Lemen L and Samaratunga R contributed to the performance of the experiment in the MR scanner and edited the paper; Nguyen P contributed to analyze the data and edited the paper; Tomsick T designed the study and wrote the paper.
Supported by The 2008 Neuroradiology Education and Research Fund of the American Society of Neuroradiology partially via the Boston Scientific Fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease Research Award to Humberto Morales MD, Principal Investigator.
Institutional review board statement: This basic study involved only in vitro results of iodinated contrast materials. There was no involvement of data/information related to patients/animals or actual patients or animals. Institutional Guidelines for MR Safety were followed strictly.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Humberto Morales, MD, who managed the money paid to the institution to buy supplies, did not receive any salary support from the related ASNR grant. All other authors declare no source of funding or conflict of interest pertinent to this submitted manuscript.
Data sharing statement: Dataset available from the corresponding author at: moralehc@ucmail.uc.edu.
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Correspondence to: Humberto Morales, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0761, United States. moralehc@ucmail.uc.edu
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Received: July 30, 2015
Peer-review started: August 4, 2015
First decision: September 28, 2015
Revised: March 2, 2016
Accepted: March 17, 2016
Article in press: March 18, 2016
Published online: June 28, 2016
