Research Description
Our chemistry group at UT-Dallas is involved in the design of novel MR imaging agents that are responsive to physiology and metabolism.

High relaxivity Gd(III)-based agents that respond to binding events in vivo.

Slow water exchange paramagnetic complexes that introduce MR contrast by a novel mechanism called chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). Paramagnetic CEST agents are now widely referred to a PARACEST agents.