Table 1.

Chemical structure and properties of MRI contrast agents in our series.

Trademark	Contrast medium	Molecular structure
MultiHance 0.5 mol/L (Bracco, Milan, Italy)	Gd-BOPTA (gadobenate dimeglumine)	Linear, ionic
Primovist 0.25 mol/L (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)	Gd-EOB-DTPA (gadoxetic acid disodium)	Linear, ionic
Dotarem 0.5 mol/L (Guerbet Research, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France)	Gd-DOTA (gadoterate meglumine)	Macrocyclic, ionic
Gadovist 0.5 mol/L (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)	Gd-BT-DO3A (gadobutrol)	Macrocyclic, nonionic
Magnevist 0.5 mol/L (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany)	Gd-DTPA (gadopentetate dimeglumine)	Linear, ionic

Note: Gadovist, Primovist, and Magnevist are from Bayer Healthcare, Berlin, Germany; Dotarem is from Guerbet, Villepinte, France.