Table 1.

Characteristics of Magnevist^® and Gadovist^® [2,32,33].

	Gadopentetate Dimeglumine (Magnevist®)	Gadobutrol (Gadovist®)
Chemical Structures	Gd-DTPA (Linear chelate)	Gd-BT-DO3A (Macrocyclic chelate)
Molecular weight	938 g/mol	604.71 g/mol
Ionic charge	divalent ionic	non-ionic
Concentration	0.5 M	1.0 M
Osmolality	1960	1603
Excess ligand	0.4 mg/mL	-
log Ktherm	22.5	21.8
log Kcond	18.4	14.7
Kinetic stability	Low	High