Single-Shot Diffusion Measurement in Laser-Polarized Gas

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 320-324

  Peled, Sharon ^a,c   Tseng, Ching Hua ^a,b   Sodickson, Aaron A ^a,d   Mair, Ross W ^b   Walsworth, Ronald L ^b   Cory, David G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c HATCH LTD   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

129Xe; 3He; Bounded diffusion; Hyperpolarized noble gases

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; XENON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LASER; MAGNETISM; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; HELIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; XENON;

EID: 0033210817     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1850     Document Type: Article

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