Are There Differences between Macrocyclic Gadolinium Contrast Agents for Brain Tumor Imaging? Results of a Multicenter Intraindividual Crossover Comparison of Gadobutrol with Gadoteridol (the TRUTH Study)

^aFrom the MR Research Laboratory (K.R.M.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
^bDepartment of Radiology (M.P.S.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
^cDepartment of Radiology (J.V.), Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
^dSeaman Family MR Research Centre (M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
^eDepartment of Radiology (M.H.), University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
^fClinical Radiologists Service Corporation (J.J.B.), Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois
^gGood Samaritan Regional Medical Center (R.B.), Corvallis, Oregon
^hDepartment of Magnetic Resonance (M.V.), General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
ⁱDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology (J.Ž.), University Hospital Hradec Králové and Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
^jIstituto di Radiologia (C.C.), Policlinico “Agostino Gemelli,” Rome, Italy
^kDepartment of Radiology (M.U.-Z.), John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland
^lDepartment of Radiology (M.M.), University Hospital Brno-Bohunice, Brno, Czech Republic
^mDepartment of Radiology (A.K.B.), University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
ⁿDepartment of Neuroradiology (S.B), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
^oInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (E.B.), Hannover, Germany
^pDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H.), Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
^qOspedale Valduce (T.F.), Como, Italy
^rGlobal Medical and Regulatory Affairs (M.A.K.), Bracco Imaging SpA, Milan, Italy
^sGlobal Medical and Regulatory Affairs (G.P.), Bracco Diagnostics, Monroe, New Jersey.

Please address correspondence to Kenneth R. Maravilla, MD, Radiology and Neurological Surgery, MR Research Laboratory, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195; e-mail: kmarav{at}uw.edu

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