Figure 2
Short name: Ex vivo MRI and example of Gd-GNPs evaluated; Boxplot of relative contrast enhancement. Detailed legend: A) Representative ex vivo T1-weighted image and example of ROIs used (manually drawn as circles, green (ipsilateral) and yellow (contralateral) lines) for signal enhancement calculation for GNP (E_2). B) Enlarged central row (white discontinuous rectangle) C) Boxplot of relative contrast enhancement for saline solution, gadoterate meglumine (G.M.) and GNPs obtained from ROIs of all CAs studied. RCE was calculated using Equation 1. The limits of the box represent the quartiles 1 (Q1) and 3 (Q3) of the distribution, the central line corresponds to the median (quartile 2) and the whiskers represent the maximum and minimum value in each distribution. The data represented were included in the range [Q1-1.5 IQR - Q3 + 1.5 IQR], being IQR the interquartile range.