Novel molecular imaging ligands targeting matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 for imaging of unstable atherosclerotic plaques

• Nazanin Hakimzadeh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nazanin Hakimzadeh, Victorine A. Pinas

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3317-9559

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• Victorine A. Pinas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nazanin Hakimzadeh, Victorine A. Pinas

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Ger Molenaar,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BV Cyclotron VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Vivian de Waard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Esther Lutgens,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK) Ludwig Maximilian's University, Munich, Germany

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• Berthe L. F. van Eck-Smit,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Kora de Bruin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jan J. Piek,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jos L. H. Eersels,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jan Booij,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hein J. Verberne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Albert D. Windhorst

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ad.windhorst@vumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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