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ArticleHealthcare technology letters2019

Magnetic resonance imaging of oxygen microbubbles.

Elinor Thompson, Sean Smart, Paul Kinchesh, Daniel Bulte, Eleanor Stride

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Article in Healthcare technology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 57% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elinor ThompsonInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3954-9530
Sean SmartRadiobiology Research Institute, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
Paul KincheshRadiobiology Research Institute, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
Daniel BulteInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3034-8986
Eleanor StrideInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3371-5929
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxygen loaded microbubbles are being investigated as a means of reducing tumour hypoxia in order to improve response to cancer therapy. To optimise this approach, it is desirable to be able to measure changes in tissue oxygenation in real-time during treatment. In this study, the feasibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for this purpose was investigated. Longitudinal relaxation time (T1) measurements were made in simple hydrogel phantoms containing two different concentrations of oxygen microbubbles. T1 was found to be unaffected by the presence of oxygen microbubbles at either concentration. Upon application of ultrasound to destroy the microbubbles, however, a statistically significant reduction in T1 was seen for the higher microbubble concentration. Further work is needed to assess the influence of physiological conditions upon the measurements, but these preliminary results suggest that MRI could provide a method for quantifying the changes in tissue oxygenation produced by microbubbles during therapy.

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biomedical MRIbiomedical ultrasonicsbubblescancercancer therapyhydrogel phantomshydrogelslongitudinal relaxation time measurementsmagnetic resonance imagingmicrobubble concentrationMRIoxygenoxygen loaded microbubblespatient treatmentphantomsphysiological conditionsT1tissue oxygenationtumour hypoxiatumoursultrasound application

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PMID31832209
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