Stefan Spirk, Andreas Petrovic and Hermann Scharfetter from Graz University of Technology laid the foundation for a new, innovative contrast medium;
Under the leadership of TU Graz, an international research team has developed a contrast medium concept for MRI, promising unprecedented features in medical imaging. Molecular imaging techniques are playing an increasingly important role in medical diagnostics and developing new treatment methods. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the fields of chemistry, material sciences, biomedicine, quantum physics and toxicology has managed to develop the foundations for a novel contrast medium for in the framework of the FET Open EU excellence programme. Molecular changes in the human body could thus become detectable by and the treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and heart diseases could become improved and elucidated. Basic idea. In MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), the nuclei of hydrogen atoms in tissues are subjected to a high-frequency magnetic field. In this way they produce weak signals in the receiving coils which can be processed into images.
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