A System for Low Field Imaging of Laser-Polarized Noble Gas

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Wong, G P ^a   Tseng, C H ^a,b   Pomeroy, V R ^c   Mair, R W ^a   Hinton, D P ^d   Hoffmann, D ^a   Stoner, R E ^a   Hersman, F W ^c   Cory, D G ^b   Walsworth, R L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser polarized noble gas; Low magnetic field; Lung imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation damping

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; LUNG; MAGNETISM; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; LASERS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033258369     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1904     Document Type: Article

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