Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
We developed a method for ex vivo imaging using 7-tesla high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with high-iron diamine (HID) immersion.All MR images were acquired with a 7-tesla scanner by spoiled gradient recalled acquisition using the steady state (SPGR) gradient-echo sequence. Colorectal specimens obtained from normal rats and model rats with colon cancer induced by dimethylhydrazine (DMH) were enhanced by immersion in colloidal iron or HID as contrast agents for goblet cell mucin, and subsequently examined by 7-tesla MRI.Although colloidal iron immersion failed to yield well contrasted images of the colonic epithelium, the HID immersion method clearly delineated the tumor boundary. Contrast ratios differed significantly between cancerous tissue and normal epithelium (P<0.01). Our established ex vivo 7-tesla MRI method combined with HID immersion is a unique approach for delineating the tumor boundary in ESD/EMR specimens.
All 2014 2013 2012
All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results, Open Access: 1 results)
Am J Dermatopathol
Volume: 36(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 211-216
10.1097/dad.0b013e3182964e02
Life Sci.
Volume: 97(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 137-144
10.1016/j.lfs.2013.12.028
J Invest Dermatol.
Volume: 134(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 553-556
10.1038/jid.2013.343
Exp Dermatol
Volume: 22(8) Issue: 8 Pages: 518-523
10.1111/exd.12185
J Clin Exp Hematop
Volume: 53(2) Pages: 135-140
Int J Oncol
Volume: 43(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 63-71
10.3892/ijo.2013.1935
Oncol Rep.
Volume: 28(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 867-73
10.3892/or.2012.1898
PLoS One
Volume: 7(8) Issue: 8 Pages: e43236-e43236
10.1371/journal.pone.0043236