The Center for MRI Metabolic Imaging
@ Hadassah Medical Center
Enhancing the impact of MRI in clinical diagnoses
Stable isotopes and nuclear magnetic resonance technologies
About Us
The Center for MRI Metabolic Imaging is a research laboratory within the Imaging Division at Hadassah Medical Center’s Ein-Kerem campus in Jerusalem, Israel.
We develop new MRI contrast agents for MRI Metabolic Imaging
MRI Metabolic Imaging is a new type of medical imaging that follows metabolism inside the body without ionizing radiation.
New MRI contrast agents for Hyperpolarized Molecular Imaging:
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Hyperpolarized inorganic phosphate - for pH sensing
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Hyperpolarized [13C6,D8]2-deoxy-D-glucose - for monitoring glucose uptake
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Hyperpolarized double-labeled 13C- and D-choline analogs for cancer detection
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Hyperpolarized [15N2]urea and [15N] sodium nitrate for perfusion imaging
New MRI contrast agents for metabolic imaging at thermal equilibrium:
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Deuterated 2-deoxy-D-glucose analogs for cancer detection and treatment monitoring.
New biological systems for researching contrast agents for MRI Metabolic Imaging
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Enzymatic assays
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Perfused tissue slices assays
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Perfused organs
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Organoids
Diseases and physiology that we study:
Breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, cardiac viability, stroke, and neural activity.
