TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluorinated Polyurethane Scaffolds for F-19 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
AU - Lammers, Twan
AU - Mertens, Marianne E.
AU - Schuster, Philipp
AU - Rahimi, Khosrow
AU - Shi, Yang
AU - Schulz, Volkmar
AU - Kuehne, Alexander J. C.
AU - Jockenhoevel, Stefan
AU - Kiessling, Fabian
PY - 2017/4/11
Y1 - 2017/4/11
N2 - Polymers are increasingly employed in implant materials. To reduce the incidence of complications, which in the case of vascular grafts include incorrect placement and restenosis, materials are needed which allow for image-guided implantation, as well as for accurate and efficient postoperative implant imaging. We here describe amorphous fluorinated polymers based on thermoplastic polyurethane (19F-TPU), and show that are useful starting materials for developing tissue-engineered vascular grafts which can be detected using 19F MRI.
AB - Polymers are increasingly employed in implant materials. To reduce the incidence of complications, which in the case of vascular grafts include incorrect placement and restenosis, materials are needed which allow for image-guided implantation, as well as for accurate and efficient postoperative implant imaging. We here describe amorphous fluorinated polymers based on thermoplastic polyurethane (19F-TPU), and show that are useful starting materials for developing tissue-engineered vascular grafts which can be detected using 19F MRI.
U2 - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04649
DO - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04649
M3 - Article
C2 - 28413258
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 29
SP - 2669
EP - 2671
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
IS - 7
ER -