Magnetic resonance imaging with laser-polarized noble gases

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 358-359

  Saam, Brian T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HELIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOBLE GASES;

EID: 0029998664     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0396-358     Document Type: Short Survey

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