Brain MRI with laser-polarized 129Xe

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 695-698

  Swanson, Scott D ^a   Rosen, Matthew S ^b   Agranoff, Bernard W ^b   Coulter, Kevin P ^b   Welsh, Robert C ^b   Chupp, Timothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Laser polarization; MRI; Xenon

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CHEMICAL SHIFT; GASES; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TISSUE; XENON;

BRAIN IMAGING; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; LASER POLARIZATION; NUCLEAR POLARIZATION; SMALL ANIMAL MODEL; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; RAT;

EID: 0030671155     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380503     Document Type: Article

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