ExiTronUisanon-ioniciodine-basedcontrastagentoflowmolecularweightspecificallyformulatedforpre-clinicalcomputedtomography(CT).
ItshowsstrongX-rayabsorptionduetoitscovalentlyboundiodineatoms.
Uponintravenousinjection,ExiTronUisrapidlydistributedintheextracellularspace.Nosignificantplasmaprotein–bindingcanbeobserved.ExiTronUisexcretedunchangedviaglomerularfiltration(kidneys).
ExiTronUisindicatedforuseinCTofsmallanimals,forexamplemice,tofacilitatethevisualizationofthevasculature.
Examplesincludecontrast-enhancedangiography.