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Contrastingly small iron oxides

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Uniform iron oxide nanoparticles with a hydrodynamic diameter of about 12 nm offer high biocompatibility and diagnostic yield as contrast agents for the magnetic resonance imaging of large animals.

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Fig. 1: Three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with contrast enhanced by iron oxide nanoparticles.

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