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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Contrast Media Mol Imaging. 2009 Jul;4(4):183–191. doi: 10.1002/cmmi.279

Table 2.

Comparisons of the CEST effect as measured by imaging (% decrease in bulk water intensity) between the water and plasma samples of Eu(2), Eu(5) and Eu(6) at different agent concentrations, 20°C, irradiation time 5s and B1 = 14.1 µT.

1mM 2.5mM 5mM 10mM 20mM
Eu(2) in water 1.2 3.0 5.6 10 18
Eu(2) in plasma 0.8 2.0 3.9 6.4 11
Eu(5) in water 8.7 21 34 49 65
Eu(5) in plasma 8.9 20 33 50 65
Eu(6) in water 5.5 13 23 38 58
Eu(6) in plasma 4.6 13 22 35 55