Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 611-617 , June 2006

In vitro labeling and MRI of mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord blood

  • Shenghong Ju

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
    • ,
  • Gaojun Teng

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 25 83272121; fax: +86 25 83311083.
    • ,
  • Yu Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular and Boimolecular Electronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
    • ,
  • Ming Ma

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular and Boimolecular Electronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
    • ,
  • Feng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, K.U.LEUVEN, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Yicheng Ni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, K.U.LEUVEN, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 16 September 2005 ,Accepted 17 December 2005.

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☆ Supported by NSFC (National Nature Science Foundation of China), 30400116.

PII: S0730-725X(06)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.12.017

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 611-617 , June 2006

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