Magnetic resonance imaging with laser-polarized 129Xe

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 402, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 461-463

  Welsh, R C ^a   Chupp, T E ^a   Coulter, K P ^a   Rosen, M S ^a   Swanson, S D ^b   Agranoff, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Functional imaging; Hyperpolarization; Laser polarization; MRI; rCBF; Xenon

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HEMODYNAMICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; XENON;

FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; LASER POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031704173     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00890-5     Document Type: Article

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