A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal intensity and thus vivid image contrast. “The results are a leap and not a small one — it is a game-changing event for sensitivity,” said Thomas J. Meade, the Eileen Foell Professor in Cancer Research in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Feinberg School of Medicine. “This is an imaging agent on steroids.

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Dramatically Enhanced Image Contrast Could Revolutionize Diagnostics And Therapeutics

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