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. 2015 May 20;10:3663–3685. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S80134

Table 2.

Longitudinal and transversal relaxivities (r1 and r2) of dexSPIONs and the synthesized nanoprobes at 20 mHz at 37°C (Minispec)

Sample name r1 (mM−1⋅s−1) r2 (mM−1⋅s−1) r2/r1
dexSPIONs 22.575 162.8 7.21
PEG-dexSPIONs 29.18 252.25 8.64
Cet-PEG-dexSPIONs 10.586 110.08 10.40

Note: Relaxivities shown were obtained in double-distilled water.

Abbreviations: cet, cetuximab; dex, dextran; PEG, polyethylene glycol; SPIONs, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.